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A number
Number

A number is a mathematical object used in counting and measurement. A notational symbol which represents a number is called a Numeral system, but in common usage the word number is used for both the abstract object and the symbol, as well as for the numeral for the number....
 is a mathematical concept used to describe and assess quantity.

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A number
Number

A number is a mathematical object used in counting and measurement. A notational symbol which represents a number is called a Numeral system, but in common usage the word number is used for both the abstract object and the symbol, as well as for the numeral for the number....
 is a mathematical concept used to describe and assess quantity.

Number may also refer to:

  • Number (game), a number-guessing computer game
  • Number (magazine)
    Number (magazine)

    Number is the leading Japanese sports magazine published on every Thursday by Bungeishunju. The official name is Sports Graphic Number....
    , a Japanese sports magazine
  • Number (manga)
    Number (manga)

    is a Japanese manga series by Kawori Tsubaki. Originally starting serialization in the shojo magazine Comic Blade Avarus published by Mag Garden in December 2007....
    , a manga by Tsubaki Kawori
  • Number (music)
    Number (music)

    A number in music is a self-contained piece that is combined with other such pieces in a performance. In a concert of popular music, for example, the individual songs or pieces performed are often referred to as "numbers." The term is applied also to sections of large vocal works when the written or printed Sheet music for such a work desi...
    , a self-contained piece of music
  • Grammatical number
    Grammatical number

    In linguistics, grammatical number is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and adjective and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions ....
    , a morphological grammatical category indicating the quantity of referents
  • Preferred number
    Preferred number

    In industrial design, preferred numbers are standard guidelines for choosing exact product dimensions within a given set of constraints.Product developers must choose numerous lengths, distances, diameters, volumes, and other characteristic quantity....
    , a number that fits a standard guideline for choosing exact product dimensions within industrial design constraints
  • Telephone number
    Telephone number

    A telephone number or phone number is a sequence of numbers used to call from one telephone line to another in a telephone network. When telephone numbers were invented, they were short - as few as two or three digits - and were used by people to call a few neighbors....
    , often referred to as simply a number


Numbers may also refer to:

  • Numbers (band)
    Numbers (band)

    Numbers are an American indie rock band from San Francisco, California....
    , an American indie rock/electronic group
  • Numbers (Cat Stevens album)
    Numbers (Cat Stevens album)

    Numbers is concept album by singer/songwriter Cat Stevens released in November 1975. Subtitled "A Pythagorean Theory Tale", it is a concept album based on a fictional planet called Polygor in a far-off galaxy, it's people, and the "Polygons" who inhabited its palace....
    , an album by Cat Stevens
  • Numbers (Nanoha)
    Numbers (Nanoha)

    is a group of characters in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers. Jail Scaglietti's personal task force, they are all "combat cyborgs" , humans that acquired special abilities by implanting mechanical elements into their bodies....
    , a group of characters in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS anime series
  • Numbers (software)
    Numbers (software)

    Numbers is a spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc. as part of the iWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages. Numbers 1.0 was announced on August 7 2007 and runs on Mac OS X v10.4 and Mac OS X v10.5 only....
    , a spreadsheet application developed by Apple as part of its iWork suite
  • Numbers game
    Numbers game

    The numbers game, or policy racket, is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in U.S. cities, wherein the bettor attempts to pick three or four digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day....
    , a gambling scheme common in poor US urban neighborhoods
  • Numb3rs
    NUMB3RS

    NUMB3RS is an American television show produced by brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. It follows Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematics genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI....
    , an American TV show
  • "Numbers" (Lost)
    Numbers (Lost)

    "Numbers" is the eighteenth episode of the Lost of Lost . The episode was directed by Dan Attias and written by Brent Fletcher and David Fury....
    , an episode of the Lost TV series
  • Book of Numbers
    Book of Numbers

    The Book of Numbers, , is the fourth book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. In the Greek language Septuagint it is called Arithmoi, or Numbers....
    , part of the Torah; the fourth book of the Bible
  • Numbers, a play by Kieron Barry
    Kieron Barry

    Kieron Barry is a United Kingdom playwright....


See also

  • The Numbers (disambiguation)
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