whole numbers
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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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notes for whole numbers
The whole numbers are also called the positive integers (or the nonnegative integers, if zero is included).
Words nearby whole numbers
wholemeal, whole megillah, whole milk, whole note, whole number, whole numbers, whole rest, wholesale, wholesale price index, wholesaling, whole shebang
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