numbers pool numbers game numbers racket numbers | an illegal daily lottery |
number crunching | performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations |
coin slot | a slot through which coins can be inserted into a slot machine |
driver number one wood | a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee |
mail slot | a slot (usually in a door) through which mail can be delivered |
number | an item of merchandise offered for sale, she preferred the black nylon number, this sweater is an all-wool number |
number cruncher | a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second |
slot | a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail), he put a quarter in the slot |
slot one-armed bandit | a slot machine that is used for gambling, they spend hours and hours just playing the slots |
slot expansion slot | (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board, the PC had three slots for additional memory |
slot machine coin machine | a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot |
number | a clothing measurement, a number shoe |
number figure | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals, he had a number of chores to do, the number of parameters is small, the figure was about a thousand |
counterpart opposite number vis-a-vis | a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another |
Bernoulli's law law of large numbers | (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics |
pagination folio page number paging | the system of numbering pages |
slot | a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable, he developed a version of slot grammar |
number | the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural), in English the subject and the verb must agree in number |
number identification number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification, she refused to give them her Social Security number |
bank identification number BIN ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
license number registration number | the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it |
Social Security number | the number of a particular individual's Social Security account |
phone number telephone number number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone, he has an unlisted number |
Numbers Book of Numbers | the fourth book of the Old Testament, contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt |
random number generator | a routine designed to yield a random number |
issue number | one of a series published periodically, she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room |
index index number indicant indicator | a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts, can reveal relative changes as a function of time |
numeral number | a symbol used to represent a number, he learned to write the numerals before he went to school |
numeration system number system number representation system system of numeration | any notation for the representation of numbers |
binary numeration system pure binary numeration system binary number system binary system | a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two |
octal numeration system octal number system | a positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of eight |
decimal numeration system decimal number system decimal system | a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten |
duodecimal number system duodecimal system | a positional system of numeration that uses duodecimal digits and a radix of twelve |
hexadecimal number system sexadecimal number system hexadecimal system | a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen |
call mark call number pressmark | a mark consisting of characters written on a book, used to indicate shelf location |
personal identification number PIN PIN number | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts |
act routine number turn bit | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program, he did his act three times every evening, she had a catchy little routine, it was one of the best numbers he ever did |
number | a select company of people, I hope to become one of their number before I die |
box number | a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent |
post-office box number PO box number PO Box No box number | the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected |
slot | the trail of an animal (especially a deer), he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees |
number one | a reference to yourself or myself etc., `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first |
number cruncher | someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations |
has-been back-number | someone who is no longer popular |
number theorist | a mathematician specializing in number theory |
octane number octane rating | a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline |
number | a concept of quantity involving zero and units, every number has a unique position in the sequence |
Avogadro's number Avogadro number | the number of molecules in a mole of a substance (approximately ,,,,,,,) |
oxidation number oxidation state | the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule, for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge, the oxidation number of hydrogen isand of oxygen is - |
Fibonacci number | a number in the Fibonacci sequence |