number line
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of number line
First recorded in 1955–60
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For example, the number line is infinite, regardless of whether you start it at –∞, 0 or 1.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 13, 2023
The rest of the numbers on the number line are irrational numbers.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023
But it turns out that if you happened to pick out a number at random on a number line, you would almost certainly draw a “noncomputable” number.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023
If you view this example on a number line, it will help you to see that r is not between the two critical values.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
Born in 1596 in the middle of France, Descartes would bring zero to the center of the number line, and he would seek a proof of God in the void and the infinite.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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