whole number
noun Mathematics.
Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
(loosely) integer (def. 1).
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Origin of whole number
First recorded in 1550–60
Words nearby whole number
whole-length, wholemeal, whole megillah, whole milk, whole note, whole number, whole numbers, whole rest, wholesale, wholesale price index, wholesaling
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Example sentences from the Web for whole number
So also if the difference in length be any whole-number multiple of that fraction.
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British Dictionary definitions for whole number
whole number
noun
an integer
a natural number
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Scientific definitions for whole number
whole number
A member of the set of positive integers and zero.
A positive integer.
An integer.
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