counting number

Definition of counting number

: natural number

Examples of counting number in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To construct a finite field, start by extracting a finite subset of numbers from the counting numbers. — Quanta Magazine, "Big Question About Primes Proved in Small Number Systems," 26 Sep. 2019 And imagine that your available denominators are the counting numbers 1 to 10. — Quanta Magazine, "New Proof Settles How to Approximate Numbers Like Pi," 14 Aug. 2019 The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers, or integers. — Quanta Magazine, "Big Question About Primes Proved in Small Number Systems," 26 Sep. 2019 To construct a finite field, start by extracting a finite subset of numbers from the counting numbers. — Wired, "A Big Question About Prime Numbers Gets a Partial Answer," 29 Sep. 2019 Citizen scientists in Alaska counted numbers that reached 1,000 times more than normal for their beaches. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "Study: 'Blob' of hot water killed a million seabirds in Pacific," 16 Jan. 2020 The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers, or integers. — Quanta Magazine, "Big Question About Primes Proved in Small Number Systems," 26 Sep. 2019 The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers, or integers. — Quanta Magazine, "Big Question About Primes Proved in Small Number Systems," 26 Sep. 2019 The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers, or integers. — Quanta Magazine, "Big Question About Primes Proved in Small Number Systems," 26 Sep. 2019

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19 May 2020

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“Counting number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counting%20number. Accessed 11 Jul. 2020.

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