Hypertext Webster Gateway: "numbers"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Numbers \Num"bers\, n.
pl. of {Number}. The fourth book of the Pentateuch,
containing the census of the Hebrews.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Numbers
n 1: the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of
the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
[syn: {Numbers}]
2: an illegal daily lottery [syn: {numbers pool}, {numbers game},
{numbers racket}]
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