natural number

noun

Definition of natural number

1 : the number 1 or any number (such 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

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The first known use of natural number was in 1763

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natural number

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: the number 1 or any number obtained by adding 1 to it one or more times

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