Thesaurus results for WHOLE NUMBERS

whole numbers

noun

plural of whole number

as in numbers

a character used to represent a mathematical value since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers, the total will not be exactly equal to 100%

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Recent Examples of whole numbers The trick is to choose some number c² so that there are a whole bunch of pairs of whole numbers a and b such that a² + b² = c². —

ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026 The question Price solved—or prompted ChatGPT to solve—concerns special sets of whole numbers, where no number in the set can be evenly divided by any other. —

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026 For instance, mathematicians know that most numbers are irrational, meaning that they can’t be written as a fraction of two whole numbers. —

Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025 Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers. —

Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025

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digits

Noun

The City of Philadelphia has issued a Heat Health Emergency on Thursday, June 11 and Friday, June 12 as heat index values are forecast to reach triple digits.

— Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Sacramento County Department of Homeless Services and Housing opened its hot weather respite at North A Shelter through Saturday, officials announced, as daytime temperatures were forecast to reach triple digits beginning Thursday.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026