natural number
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natural number

noun

Definition of NATURAL NUMBER

1
: the number 1 or any number (as 3, 12, 432) obtained by adding 1 to it one or more times : a positive integer
2
: any of the positive integers together with 0 : a nonnegative integer

First Known Use of NATURAL NUMBER

1763

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