natural number
natural number noun: a positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}.
Noun
natural number (plural natural numbers)
- A positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}.
- A non-negative integer {0, 1, 2, ...}.
- A careful derivation of the arithmetic properties of the natural numbers #92;mathbb#123;N#125;, using induction, was done by G. Peano (1858–1932). It is a lot of fun, but we will not pursue any of it here.2007, Mark Bridger, REAL ANALYSIS: A Constructive Approach, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, page 3
natural number meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
natural number in Hindi
- positive integer or non-negative integer
- धन पूर्ण संख्या dhan pūrṇ saṅkhyā, धन पूर्णांक dhan pūrṇāṅk, प्राकृतिक संख्या prākŕtik saṅkhyā, प्राकृत संख्या prākŕt saṅkhyā
natural number in Tamil
- இயற்கையெண், இயல்பெண்
natural number in Bengali
- positive integer or non-negative integer
- স্বাভাবিক সংখ্যা śabhabik śoṅkha
natural number in Malayalam
- positive integer or non-negative integer
- എണ്ണൽ സംഖ്യ eṇṇal saṅkhya
More languagesFewer languages
- natural number in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ
- natural number in Tagalog
- bilang na likas, bilang na panalatag
- natural number in Arabic
- عدد طبيعي ʕadad ṭabīʕī, عَدَد طَبِيعِيّ ʕadad ṭabīʕiyy
- natural number in Indonesian
- bilangan asli
- natural number in Persian
- شمارهی طبیعی šomâre-ye tabi'i, عدد طبیعی 'adad-e tabi'i
Forms of natural number
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Questions about natural number
- What does natural number mean?
- Natural number means a positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}.
- What is natural number in Hindi?
- Natural number in Hindi is धन पूर्ण संख्या (dhan pūrṇ saṅkhyā), धन पूर्णांक (dhan pūrṇāṅk), प्राकृतिक संख्या (prākŕtik saṅkhyā). See Natural number meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is natural number?
- Natural number is a noun.
- What is the plural of natural number?
- The plural of natural number is natural numbers.
Words near natural number in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: natural number (page history and authors); natural number (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); natural number (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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