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Lychrel numbers

Lychrel numbers is the plural of Lychrel number.

Meaning of Lychrel number

Noun

Lychrel number (plural Lychrel numbers)

  1. A natural number that cannot form a palindrome through the iterative process of repeatedly reversing its digits and adding the resulting numbers.
    • In base ten (decimal), no Lychrel numbers have been yet proved to exist, but many are suspected.

Questions about Lychrel numbers

What is Lychrel numbers the plural of?
Lychrel numbers is the plural of Lychrel number.

Words near Lychrel numbers in the dictionary

  1. lychnoscope
  2. lychnoscopes
  3. lychnoscopic
  4. Lychpit
  5. Lychrel number
  6. Lychrel numbers
  7. lychway
  8. lychways
  9. Lycia
  10. Lycian
  11. Lycians

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