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adjective


(1)   Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
"`ane' is Scottish"

noun


(2)   The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
"He has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"
"They had lunch at one"
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Etymology



Tenth century “West Arabic” variation of the Nepali form of Hindu-Arabic numerals (compare Devanagari script ), possibly influenced by Roman numeral Ⅰ.

Symbol



  1. The cardinal number one, a single thing or unit.
  2. A digit in decimal and every other base numbering system, including binary, octal, and hexadecimal.
    15 × 134 = 2010
    0010 00112
    0x1000E001
  3. the identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
    a×1 = a
  4. bit state corresponding to binary digit 1, or on or true.
  5. A Boolean or truth value corresponding to true.
    f : Bk → B : B = {0, 1}

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