whole numbers

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1. The set of familiar numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on) sometimes called natural numbers or counting numbers. When they are called counting numbers, zero is not included.

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The whole numbers are also called the positive integers (or the nonnegative integers, if zero is included).

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Whole numbers were excised, though Prokofiev was able to salvage some of the divertissements elsewhere in the score.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2018

Whole numbers that repeat a figure, such as 88 and 77, are also clearly useless.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest

Whole numbers of musical reviews were devoted to the study and discussion of his art in all its ramifications.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul