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Bacon number

Bacon number noun: a number defined such that an actor who has acted in a film with Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, an actor who has acted in a film with somebody having a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.

Noun

Bacon number (plural Bacon numbers)

  1. A number defined such that an actor who has acted in a film with Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, an actor who has acted in a film with somebody having a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.
  2. A number defined such that someone who knows (defined to various strictnesses) Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, someone who knows somebody with a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.
    • quick fun fact about me.i have a bacon number of 5. my dad knew pope francis (before he was pope), who knows obama, who knows whoopi goldberg, who worked with kevin bacon2022 February 9, @lonzowastaken, X

Forms of Bacon number

pluralBacon numbers

Questions about Bacon number

What does Bacon number mean?
Bacon number means a number defined such that an actor who has acted in a film with Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, an actor who has acted in a film with somebody having a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.
What part of speech is Bacon number?
Bacon number is a noun.
What is the plural of Bacon number?
The plural of Bacon number is Bacon numbers.

Words near Bacon number in the dictionary

  1. bacon grease
  2. bacon grill
  3. bacon grills
  4. bacon hair
  5. bacon hairs
  6. Bacon number
  7. bacon rind
  8. bacon rinds
  9. bacon roll
  10. bacon rolls
  11. bacon square

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