Whole number — Whole Whole, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[=a]l well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h?l, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c?l augury. Cf. {Hale}, {Hail} to greet, {Heal} to cure … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whole number — whole numbers N COUNT A whole number is an exact number such as 1, 7, and 24, as opposed to a number with fractions or decimals. Syn: integer … English dictionary
whole number — noun count TECHNICAL a number such as 1, 32, 144, etc., rather than a number such as 0.1, 0.32, 1/2, 3/4, etc … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whole number — n a number such as 0, 1, 2 etc that is not a ↑fraction = ↑integer … Dictionary of contemporary English
Whole Number — [dt. »ganze Zahl«], Ganzzahl … Universal-Lexikon
whole number — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms whole number : singular whole number plural whole numbers maths a number such as 1, 32, 144 etc, rather than a number such as 0.1, 0.32, 1/2, 3/4 etc … English dictionary
Whole number — The term whole number is used by various authors to mean either: *the nonnegative integers (0, 1, 2, 3, ...) *the positive integers (1, 2, 3, ...) *all integers (..., 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...) … Wikipedia
whole number — number which does not have a decimal ending, integer … English contemporary dictionary
Whole number rule — The Whole Number Rule states that the masses of the elements are whole number multiples of the mass of the hydrogen atom.cite journal |author=Budzikiewicz H, Grigsby RD |title=Mass spectrometry and isotopes: a century of research and discussion… … Wikipedia
whole number — Math. 1. Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, ...). 2. (loosely) integer (def. 1). [1550 60] * * * … Universalium
whole number — noun a) An integer b) A natural number … Wiktionary
