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noun
a positive integer or zero.
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Origin of natural number First recorded in 1755–65
Words nearby natural number natural language processing ,
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How to use natural number in a sentence Claiming that physics is finished is akin to arguing that mathematics ended after the introduction of natural number s and basic arithmetic, or that chemistry was over with the advent of the periodic table.
“Our members continue to face a number of challenges,” she said.
The number of dissenters though is unprecedented in the modern era.
In 2007 he said he had discovered a cure for AIDS using natural herbs.
Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.
The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
It is full of poetic feeling, and the flesh tints are unusually natural.
We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
Five of the number had studied with Liszt before, and the young men are artists already before the public.
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British Dictionary definitions for natural number
noun
any of the numbers 0,1,2,3,4,… that can be used to count the members of a set; the non-negative integers
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Scientific definitions for natural number
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