NATURAL NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does natural number mean? 

• NATURAL NUMBER (noun)
  The noun NATURAL NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly

  Familiarity information: NATURAL NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATURAL NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("natural number" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

 Context examples 

A natural number greater than 7 and less than 9 and the quantity that it denotes: the sum of seven and one.

(Eight, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than eighteen and less than twenty and the quantity that it denotes.

(Nineteen, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than 3 and less than 5 and the quantity that it denotes: the sum of three and one.

(Four, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than 13 and less than 15 and the quantity that it denotes.

(Fourteen, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number following 999999 and preceding 1000001 and the quantity that it denotes: one thousand thousands.

(Million, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than 4 and less than 6 and the quantity that it denotes: the sum of four and one.

(Five, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than ninety-eight and less than one hundred and the quantity that it denotes.

(Ninety Nine, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than ninety-nine and less than one hundred-one and the quantity that it denotes.

(One Hundred, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number greater than seventeen and less than nineteen and the quantity that it denotes.

(Eighteen, NCI Thesaurus)

The smallest natural number and quantity it denotes: a single entity, unit, or object.

(One, NCI Thesaurus)