Definition of numbers

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Numbers (n.) pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews..

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Seismometry :: Seismometry (n.) The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space..
Fractional :: Fractional (a.) Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers..
Pensive :: Pensive (a.) Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers..
Hexade :: Hexade (n.) A series of six numbers.
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same value; as, to reduce pounds, shillings, and pence to pence, or to reduce pence to pounds; to reduce days and hours to minutes, or minutes to days and hours..
Ordinal :: Ordinal (a.) Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc..
Complementary :: Complementary (a.) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers..
O :: O () Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure..
Roundly :: Roundly (adv.) Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly..
Arithmancy :: Arithmancy (n.) Divination by means of numbers.
Enumerate :: Enumerate (v. t.) To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize..
Logarithm :: Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division..
Prove :: Prove (v. t.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved..
More :: More (superl.) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural.
Conjugate :: Conjugate (v. t.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons..
Cossical :: Cossical (a.) Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art..
Even :: Even (a.) Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers..
Blackfeet :: Blackfeet (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers..
Statistics :: Statistics (n.) Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement..
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