78

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 78 mean? 

• 78 (noun)
  The noun 78 has 2 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight

2. a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute

  Familiarity information: 78 used as a noun is rare.

• 78 (adjective)
  The adjective 78 has 1 sense:

1. being eight more than seventy

  Familiarity information: 78 used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 78 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

78; LXXVIII; seventy-eight

Hypernyms ("78" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

78; seventy-eight

Hypernyms ("78" is a kind of...):

disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record (sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove)

• 78 (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being eight more than seventy

Synonyms:

78; lxxviii; seventy-eight

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M (730 aa, ~78 kDa) is encoded by the human HNRNPM gene.

(Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein M, NCI Thesaurus)

Human NUMA1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 11q13.4 and is approximately 78 kb in length.

(NUMA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

DNA polymerase eta (713 aa, ~78 kDa) is encoded by the human POLH gene.

(DNA Polymerase Eta, NCI Thesaurus)

This family of chemokines also includes IL-8, platelet factor 4 (PF-4), beta-thromboglobulin (b-TG), IP-10, and ENA-78.

(Chemokine (C-X-C Motif) Ligand 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II inhibitor 1 (78 aa, ~9 kDa) is encoded by the human CAMK2N1 gene.

(Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Inhibitor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Of the total, 2,143 cases were confirmed for microcephaly associated with the Zika virus—78% of them in the Northeast.

(Brazil: Babies of mothers infected with Zika will be monitored for up to 3 years, Agência Brasil)