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Numbers - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Numbers : \Num"bers\, n.
pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch,
containing the census of the Hebrews.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag['e]simal.]
Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
Sexagesimal fractions or numbers (Arith. & Alg.), those
fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as,
1/60, 1/3600, 1/216000; -- called also astronomical
fractions, because formerly there were no others used in
astronomical calculations.
Sexagesimal, or Sexagenary, arithmetic, the method of
computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
Sexagesimal scale (Math.), the sexagenary scale.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Commensurable \Com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [L. commensurabilis; pref.
com- _ mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf.
Commeasurable.]
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by
the same number, quantity, or measure. --
Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n.
Commensurable numbers or quantities (Math.), those that
can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot
and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in
terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36
inches.
Numbers, or Quantities, commensurable in power, those
whose squares are commensurable.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Numbers :
(Scientific computation) Output from a computation that may
not be significant but at least indicates that the program is
running. Numbers may be used to placate management, grant
sponsors, etc. "Making numbers" means running a program
because output - any output, not necessarily meaningful output
- is needed as a demonstration of progress.
See pretty pictures, math-out, social science number.
[{Jargon File]
(1995-01-13)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Numbers : n. [scientific computation] Output of a computation that may
not be significant results but at least indicate that the program is
running. May be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. `Making
numbers' means running a program because output -- any output, not
necessarily meaningful output -- is needed as a demonstration of
progress. See pretty pictures, math-out, social science number.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Numbers |
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