even number
noun
: a whole number that is able to be divided by two into two equal whole numbers
The numbers 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 are even numbers.
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The rotavirus also used to follow a biennial pattern where cases would peak every other year, typically on even number years like 2024.
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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Since each mirror image of the rectangle corresponds to the ball bouncing off a wall, for the ball to return to its starting point traveling in the same direction, its trajectory must cross the table an even number of times in both directions.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
If expansion is approved, the board would then have to vote to change the regulation that says each division must have an even number of schools.
—Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2024
The twelve signs are said to alternate in a yin and yang sequence, depending on whether the animal has an odd or even number of claws, hooves, or feet.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2024
Unlike most states, Connecticut gives the legislature final say over regulations through its Regulation Review Committee, a group of state legislators that’s made up of an even number of Democrats and Republicans.
—Yash Roy, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
But current and former council members said last week that having an even number of council members, while certainly a challenge, might be a good thing that forces members to work harder at building consensus.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
On the other hand, an even number of twists yields a two-sided structure called a twisted cylinder (shown below left).
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
For example, Goldbach's conjecture states that every even number greater than two is the sum of two odd primes.
—Craig S. Kaplan, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Since each mirror image of the rectangle corresponds to the ball bouncing off a wall, for the ball to return to its starting point traveling in the same direction, its trajectory must cross the table an even number of times in both directions.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
If expansion is approved, the board would then have to vote to change the regulation that says each division must have an even number of schools.
—Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2024
The twelve signs are said to alternate in a yin and yang sequence, depending on whether the animal has an odd or even number of claws, hooves, or feet.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2024
Unlike most states, Connecticut gives the legislature final say over regulations through its Regulation Review Committee, a group of state legislators that’s made up of an even number of Democrats and Republicans.
—Yash Roy, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
But current and former council members said last week that having an even number of council members, while certainly a challenge, might be a good thing that forces members to work harder at building consensus.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
On the other hand, an even number of twists yields a two-sided structure called a twisted cylinder (shown below left).
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
For example, Goldbach's conjecture states that every even number greater than two is the sum of two odd primes.
—Craig S. Kaplan, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Even number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/even%20number. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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