natural number

American  

noun

1. a positive integer or zero.

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natural number British  

noun

1. 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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natural number Scientific  

1. A positive integer.

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Etymology

Origin of natural number

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

A notable difference from Almaty was Rodgers' ability to call on natural number nine in Iheanacho.

From BBC

In this case, the natural numbers no longer split into two camps but into nine.

From Scientific American

It deals with two natural numbers, a and b, and their sum, a + b = c.

From Scientific American

If people put forward these replies to the largest natural number question, who would be right?

From Scientific American

Because there is no end to the natural numbers, we have thus found a one-to-one mapping between the two sets.

From Scientific American