NUMBER
1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT
84. Number — N. number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit,
integer; counter; round number; formula; function; series.
sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand,
multiplier, multiplicator†; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor,
factor, quotient, submultiple [Math.]; fraction, rational number; surd,
irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number,
complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating
decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime,
relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient†.
binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number [Comp.].
permutation, combination, variation; election.
ratio, proportion, comparison &c 464; progression; arithmetical
progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression†;
percentage, permilage.
figurate numbers†, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers.
power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm; modulus,
base.
differential, integral, fluxion†, fluent.
Adj. numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime,
relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate†, incommensurable.
proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric†, differential,
fluxional†, integral, totitive†.
positive, negative; rational, irrational; surd, radical, real;
complex, imaginary; finite; infinite; impossible.
Adv. numerically; modulo.
85. Numeration — N. numeration; numbering &c v.; pagination; tale,
recension†, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation,
supputation†; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism†, rhabdology†,
dactylonomy†; measurement &c 466; statistics.
arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry,
fluxions†; differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal
calculus; calculus of differences.
[Statistics] dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation,
roll call, recapitulation; account &c (list) 86.
[Operations] notation,, addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots,
reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation,
interpolation, differentiation, integration.
[Instruments] abacus, logometer†, slide rule, slipstick [Coll.],
tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan-
pan†; adding machine; cash register; electronic calculator, calculator,
computer; [people who calculate] arithmetician, calculator, abacist†,
algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer;
accountant, auditor.
V. number, count, tally, tell; call over, run over; take an account of,
enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate; sum; sum up, cast up;
tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute†, add, subtract,
multiply, divide, extract roots.
algebraize†.
check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock;
affix numbers to, page.
amount to, add up to, come to.
Adj. numeral, numerical; arithmetical, analytic, algebraic,
statistical, numerable, computable, calculable; commensurable,
commensurate; incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable,
unfathomable, infinite.
Adv. quantitatively; arithmetically; measurably; in numbers.
86. List — N. list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register &c
(record) 551.
account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing,
itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; tableau;
invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte [Fr.];
score, census, statistics, returns.
[list of topics in a document] contents, table of contents,
outline; synopsis.
[written list used as an aid to memory] checklist.
table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list,
concordance.
dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary, glossary; thesaurus.
file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book.
Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre [Fr.]; directory,
gazetter†.
almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list;
Almanach de Gotha†, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac; who's
who; Guiness's Book of World Records.
roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster
book; roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych.
V. list, itemize; sort, collate; enumerate, tabulate, catalog, tally.
Adj. cadastral†.
2. DETERMINATE NUMBER
87. Unity — N. unity; oneness &c adj.; individuality; solitude &c
(seclusion) 893; isolation &c (disjunction) 44; unification &c 48.
one, unit, ace; individual; none else, no other.
V. be one, be alone &c adj.; dine with Duke Humphrey†.
isolate &c (disjoin) 44.
render one; unite &c (join) 43, (combine) 48.
Adj. one, sole, single, solitary, unitary; individual, apart, alone;
kithless†.
unaccompanied, unattended; solus [Lat.], single-handed; singular,
odd, unique, unrepeated†, azygous, first and last; isolated &c
(disjoined) 44; insular.
monospermous†; unific†, uniflorous†, unifoliate†, unigenital†,
uniliteral†, unijocular†, unimodal [Math.], unimodular†.
lone, lonely, lonesome; desolate, dreary.
insecable†, inseverable†, indiscerptible†; compact, indivisible,
atomic, irresolvable†.
Adv. singly &c adj.; alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the
singular number, in the abstract; one by one, one at a time; simply;
one and a half, sesqui-†.
Phr. natura il fece [It], e poi roppe la stampa [It]; du fort au faible
[Fr.]; two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as
one.
88. Accompaniment — N. accompaniment; adjunct &c 39; context;
appendage, appurtenance.
coexistence, concomitance, company, association, companionship;
partnership, copartnership; coefficiency†.
concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant,
fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner,
co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort,
cortege; attribute.
V. accompany, coexist, attend; hang on, wait on; go hand in hand with;
synchronize &c 120; bear company, keep company; row in the same boat;
bring in its train; associate with, couple with.
Adj. accompanying &c v.; concomitant, fellow, twin, joint; associated
with, coupled with; accessory, attendant, obbligato.
Adv. with, withal; together with, along with, in company with; hand in
hand, side by side; cheek by jowl, cheek by jole†; arm in arm;
therewith, herewith; and &c (addition) 37.
together, in a body, collectively.
Phr. noscitur a sociis [Lat.]; virtutis fortuna comes [Lat.].
89. Duality — N. duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity†, biformity†;
polarity.
two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and
Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins; fellows; yoke, conjugation; dispermy†,
doublets, dyad, span.
V. pair [unite in pairs], couple, bracket, yoke; conduplicate†; mate,
span [U.S.].
Adj. two, twin; dual, dualistic, double; binary, binomial; twin,
biparous†; dyadic [Math.]; conduplicate†; duplex &c 90; biduous†,
binate†, diphyletic†, dispermic†, unijugate†; tete-a-tete.
coupled &c v.; conjugate.
both, both the one and the other.
90. Duplication — N. duplication; doubling &c v.; gemination,
ingemination†; reduplication; iteration &c (repetition) 104; renewal.
V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat &c 104;
renew &c 660.
Adj. double; doubled &c v.; bicipital†, bicephalous†, bidental†,
bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular†, bifold†, biform†, bilateral; bifarious†,
bifacial†; twofold, two-sided; disomatous†; duplex; double-faced,
double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate†; second.
Adv. twice, once more; over again &c (repeatedly) 104; as much again,
twofold.
secondly, in the second place, again.
91. [Division into two parts.] bisection — N. bisection, bipartition;
dichotomy, subdichotomy†; halving &c v.; dimidiation†.
bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork,
prong; fold.
half, moiety.
V. bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate†,
dichotomize.
go halves, divide with.
separate, fork, bifurcate; branch off, out; ramify.
Adj. bisected &c v.; cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate†, bicuspid,
bifid; bifurcous†, bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous,
furcular†; semi-, demi-, hemi†.
92. Triality — N. Triality†, trinity; triunity†.
three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion†, leash; shamrock,
tierce†, spike-team [U.S.], trefoil; triangle, trident, triennium†,
trigon†, trinomial, trionym†, triplopia†, tripod, trireme, triseme†,
triskele†, triskelion, trisula†.
third power, cube; cube root.
Adj. three; triform†, trinal†, trinomial; tertiary; ternary; triune;
triarch, triadie†; triple &c 93.
tri- [Pref.], tris- [Pref.].
Phr. tria juncta in uno [Lat.].
93. Triplication — N. triplication, triplicity†; trebleness†, trine.
V. treble, triple; triplicate, cube.
Adj. treble, triple; tern, ternary; triplicate, threefold, trilogistic†;
third; trinal†, trine.
Adv. three times, three fold; thrice, in the third place, thirdly;
trebly &c adj..
94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection — N. trisection,
tripartition†, trichotomy; third, third part.
V. trisect, divide into three parts.
Adj. trifid; trisected &c v.; tripartite, trichotomous†, trisulcate†.
Triadelphous†, triangular, tricuspid, tricapsular†, tridental†,
tridentate, tridentiferous†, trifoliate, trifurcate, trigonal†,
trigrammic†, trigrammatic†, tripetalous†, tripodal, tripodic†,
triquetral†, triquetrous†.
95. Four — N. quaternity†, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square,
quarter.
[planar form with four sides] tetract†, tetragon, quadrangle,
rectangle.
[three dimensional object with four surfaces] tetrahedron.
quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet; quatrefoil.
[object or animal with four legs] tetrapod.
[geographical area with four sides] quadrangle, quad [Coll.].
[electromagnetic object] quadrupole.
[four fundamental studies] quadrivium.
V. reduce to a square, square.
Adj. four; quaternary, quaternal†; quadratic; quartile; tetract†,
tetractic†, tetractinal†; tetrad, tetragonal; square, quadrate.
96. Quadruplication — N. quadruplication.
V. multiply by four, quadruplicate, biquadrate†.
Adj. fourfold, four times; quadrable†, quadrumanous†, quadruple,
quadruplicate, quadrible†; fourth.
quadrifoliate†, quadrifoliolate†, quadrigeminal†, quadrigeminate†,
quadriplanar†, quadriserial†.
Adv. four times; in the fourth place, fourthly.
97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection — N. quadrisection,
quadripartition†; quartering &c v.; fourth; quart; quarter, quartern†;
farthing†, fourthing; quadrant.
V. quarter, divide into four parts.
Adj. quartered &c v.; quadrifid†, quadripartite.
rectangular.
98. Five &c — N. five, cinque [Fr.], quint, quincux†; six, half-a-
dozen, half dozen; seven; eight; nine, three times three; dicker; ten,
decade; eleven; twelve, dozen; thirteen; long dozen, baker's dozen;
quintuplet; twenty, score; twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen;
twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred; forty, two score;
fifty, half a hundred; sixty, three score; seventy, three score and
ten; eighty, four score; ninety, fourscore and ten; sestiad†.
hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century; hundredweight, cwt.; one
hundred and forty-four, gross.
thousand, chiliad; millennium, thousand years, grand [Coll.];
myriad; ten thousand, ban [Jap.], man [Jap.]; ten thousand years,
banzai [Jap.]; lac, one hundred thousand, plum; million; thousand
million, milliard, billion, trillion &c
V. centuriate†; quintuplicate.
Adj. five, quinary†, quintuple; fifth; senary†, sextuple; sixth;
seventh; septuple; octuple; eighth; ninefold, ninth; tenfold, decimal,
denary†, decuple†, tenth; eleventh; duodenary†, duodenal; twelfth; in
one's 'teens, thirteenth.
vicesimal†, vigesimal; twentieth; twenty-fourth &c n.; vicenary†,
vicennial†.
centuple†, centuplicate†, centennial, centenary, centurial†;
secular, hundredth; thousandth, &c
99. Quinquesection &c — N. division by five &c 98; quinquesection &c;
decimation; fifth &c
V. decimate; quinquesect.
Adj. quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite; quinqevalent,
pentavalent; quinquarticular†; octifid†; decimal, tenth, tithe;
duodecimal, twelfth; sexagesimal†, sexagenary†; hundredth, centesimal;
millesimal &c
100. {opp.
87} [More than one.] Plurality — N. plurality; a number, a
certain number; one or two, two or three &c; a few, several; multitude
&c 102; majority.
[large number] multitude &c 102.
Adj. plural, more than one, upwards of; some, several, a few; certain;
not alone &c 87.
Adv. et cetera, &c etc.
among other things, inter alia [Lat.].
Phr. non deficit alter [Lat.].
3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER
100a. [Less than one.] Fraction — N. fraction, fractional part; part
&c 51.
Adj. fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible,
infinitesimal.
101. Zero — N. zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher,
goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts [G.], nixie [Slang], nix
[Slang]; zilch [Slang], zip [Slang], zippo [Slang]; not a soul; ame qui
vive [Fr.]; absence &c 187; unsubstantiality &c 4 [Obs.].
Adj. not one, not a one, not any, nary a one [Dial.]; not a, never a;
not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a
jot; not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion
of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.
102. Multitude — N. multitude; numerous &c adj.; numerosity,
numerality; multiplicity; profusion &c (plenty) 639; legion, host;
great number, large number, round number, enormous number; a quantity,
numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy; scores, peck, bushel, shoal,
swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive,
brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest; crowd &c (assemblage) 72; lots; all
in the world and his wife.
[Increase of number] greater number, majority; multiplication,
multiple.
V. be numerous &c adj.; swarm with, teem with, creep with; crowd,
swarm, come thick upon; outnumber, multiply; people; swarm like
locusts, swarm like bees.
Adj. many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few; Briarean; a
hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a
thousand and one; some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty &c; half a
dozen, half a hundred &c; very many, full many, ever so many; numerous;
numerose†; profuse, in profusion; manifold, multiplied, multitudinous,
multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick,
studded; galore.
thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of; no
end of, no end to; cum multis aliis [Lat.]; thick as hops, thick as
hail; plenty as blackberries; numerous as the stars in the firmament,
numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the
head; and what not, and heaven knows what; endless &c (infinite) 105.
Phr. their name is 'legion'; acervatim [Lat.]; en foule [Fr.]; many-
headed multitude [Sidney]; numerous as glittering gems of morning dew
[Young]; vel prece vel pretio [Lat.].
103. Fewness — N. fewness &c adj.; paucity, small number; small
quantity &c 32; rarity; infrequency &c 137; handful, maniple; minority;
exiguity.
[Diminution of number] reduction; weeding &c v.; elimination,
sarculation†, decimation; eradication.
V. be few &c adj.. render few &c adj.; reduce, diminish the number,
weed, eliminate, cull, thin, decimate.
Adj. few; scant, scanty; thin, rare, scattered, thinly scattered,
spotty, few and far between, exiguous; infrequent &c 137; rari nantes
[Lat.]; hardly any, scarcely any; to be counted on one's fingers;
reduced &c v.; unrepeated†.
Adv. rarely, here and there.
104. Repetition — N. repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping,
recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony,
tautophony; rhythm &c 138; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy.
chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello†, burden of a song, refrain;
rehearsal; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It], recapitulation.
cuckoo &c (imitation) 19; reverberation &c 408; drumming &c (roll)
407; renewal &c (restoration) 660.
twice-told tale; old story, old song; second edition, new edition;
reappearance, reproduction, recursion [Comp.]; periodicity &c 138.
V. repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp
upon, battologize†, hammer, redouble.
recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse [Comp.]; renew &c
(restore) 660.
rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp
on the same string; din in the ear, drum in the ear; conjugate in all
its moods tenses and inflexions†, begin again, go over the same ground,
go the same round, never hear the last of; resume, return to,
recapitulate, reword.
Adj. repeated &c v.; repetitional†, repetitionary†; recurrent,
recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant;
redundant, pleonastic.
monotonous, harping, iterative, recursive [Comp.], unvaried;
mocking, chiming; retold; aforesaid, aforenamed†; above-mentioned,
above-said; habitual &c 613; another.
Adv. repeatedly, often, again, anew, over again, afresh, once more;
ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis†, da capo [It].
again and again; over and over, over and over again; recursively
[Comp.]; many times over; time and again, time after time; year after
year; day by day &c; many times, several times, a number of times; many
a time, full many a time; frequently &c 136.
Phr. ecce iterum Crispinus [Lat.]; toujours perdrix [Fr.]; cut and come
again [Crabbe]; tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow [Macbeth];
cantilenam eandem canis [Lat.] [Terence]; nullum est jam dictum quod
non dictum sit prius [Lat.] [Terence].
105. Infinity — N. infinity, infinitude, infiniteness &c adj.;
perpetuity &c 112; boundlessness.
V. be infinite &c adj.; know no limits, have no limits, know no bounds,
have no bounds; go on for ever.
Adj. infinite; immense; numberless, countless, sumless†, measureless;
innumerable, immeasurable, incalculable, illimitable, inexhaustible,
interminable, unfathomable, unapproachable; exhaustless, indefinite;
without number, without measure, without limit, without end;
incomprehensible; limitless, endless, boundless, termless†; untold,
unnumbered, unmeasured, unbounded, unlimited; illimited†; perpetual &c
112.
Adv. infinitely &c adj.; ad infinitum.
Phr. as boundless as the sea [Romeo and Juliet].