abstract number
nounMathematics.
a number that does not designate the quantity of any particular kind of thing.
Origin of abstract number
1First recorded in 1550–60
- Compare denominate number.
Words Nearby abstract number
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How to use abstract number in a sentence
Even for the most left-brain of thinkers, it’s not in our nature to understand large abstract numbers or things like marginal improvements in accuracy.
And T must be, not a sum of concrete goods, but a sum of abstract numbers, and so itself an abstract number.
The Value of Money | Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
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