158 (number)
Encyclopedia
158 is an even whole number
Whole number
Whole number is a term with inconsistent definitions by different authors. All distinguish whole numbers from fractions and numbers with fractional parts.Whole numbers may refer to:*natural numbers in sense — the positive integers...

 following 157
157 (number)
157 is the number equal to 100 + 50 + 7, following 156 and preceding 158.-In mathematics:* 157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.* In...

 and preceding 159
159 (number)
159 is a natural number following 158 and preceding 160.-In mathematics:* 159 is the sum of 3 consecutive prime numbers: 47 + 53 + 59* The previous prime number is 157, and the next is 163* Given 159, the Mertens function returns 0...

.
Cardinal
Cardinal number
In mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short, are a generalization of the natural numbers used to measure the cardinality of sets. The cardinality of a finite set is a natural number – the number of elements in the set. The transfinite cardinal numbers describe the sizes of infinite...


One hundred [and]
fifty-eight
Ordinal
Ordinal number
In set theory, an ordinal number, or just ordinal, is the order type of a well-ordered set. They are usually identified with hereditarily transitive sets. Ordinals are an extension of the natural numbers different from integers and from cardinals...

 
158th
Factorization
Factorization
In mathematics, factorization or factoring is the decomposition of an object into a product of other objects, or factors, which when multiplied together give the original...

Divisor
Divisor
In mathematics, a divisor of an integer n, also called a factor of n, is an integer which divides n without leaving a remainder.-Explanation:...

s
1, 2, 79, 158
Roman numeral  CLVIII
Binary
Binary numeral system
The binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, represents numeric values using two symbols, 0 and 1. More specifically, the usual base-2 system is a positional notation with a radix of 2...

 
10011110
Octal
Octal
The octal numeral system, or oct for short, is the base-8 number system, and uses the digits 0 to 7. Numerals can be made from binary numerals by grouping consecutive binary digits into groups of three...

 
236
Hexadecimal
Hexadecimal
In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal is a positional numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F to represent values ten to fifteen...

 
9E

In mathematics

  • 158 is a nontotient
    Nontotient
    In number theory, a nontotient is a positive integer n which is not in the range of Euler's totient function φ, that is, for which φ = n has no solution. In other words, n is a nontotient if there is no integer x that has exactly n coprimes below it. All odd numbers are nontotients, except 1,...

    , since there is no integer with 158 coprime
    Coprime
    In number theory, a branch of mathematics, two integers a and b are said to be coprime or relatively prime if the only positive integer that evenly divides both of them is 1. This is the same thing as their greatest common divisor being 1...

    s below it.
  • 158 is a Perrin number
    Perrin number
    In mathematics, the Perrin numbers are defined by the recurrence relationandThe sequence of Perrin numbers starts withThe number of different maximal independent sets in an n-vertex cycle graph is counted by the nth Perrin number.-History:...

    , appearing after 68, 90, 119.
  • 158 is the number of digits in the decimal
    Decimal
    The decimal numeral system has ten as its base. It is the numerical base most widely used by modern civilizations....

     expansion of 100!
    Factorial
    In mathematics, the factorial of a non-negative integer n, denoted by n!, is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n...

    , or the product of all the natural numbers up to and including 100.

In the military

was a United States Navy Alamosa class cargo ship during World War II was a United States Navy Admirable class minesweeper
Admirable class minesweeper
The Admirable class was the largest and one of the most successful classes of minesweepers the United States Navy ordered during World War II. Typically, the minesweeper detected and removed mines before the rest of the fleet arrived, thereby ensuring safe passage for the larger ships...

 during World War II was a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort
Buckley class destroyer escort
The Buckley class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943 - 1944. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. The lead ship was USS Buckley which was launched on 9 January 1943. The ships had General Electric steam...

 during World War II was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier class transport ship
General G. O. Squier class transport ship
The General G. O. Squier class of transport ships was built for the U.S. Navy during World War II.The first ship was launched in November 1942, while the last was launched in April 1945. In that span the United States produced 30 General G. O. Squier-class transports...

 following World War II was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer
Wickes class destroyer
The Wickes-class destroyers were a group of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917-1919. Along with the 6 preceding Caldwell class and 155 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they formed the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" class. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World...

 during World War II was a United States Navy Trefoil-class concrete barge during World War II was a United States Navy Haskell class attack transport
Haskell class attack transport
Haskell-class attack transports were amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy created in 1944. They were designed to transport 1,500 troops and their combat equipment, and land them on hostile shores with the ships' integral landing craft....

 during World War II was a United States Navy converted yacht patrol vessel during World War I

In music

  • The song 158 by the Indie-rock band Blackbud
    Blackbud
    Blackbud are an English indie rock band from Wiltshire, comprising Joe Taylor , Adam Newton and Sam Nadel...

  • The song "Here We Go" (1998) from The Bouncing Souls
    The Bouncing Souls
    The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local...

    Tie One On
    Tie One On
    Tie One On is a live EP by New Jersey punk band The Bouncing Souls. The first 8 tracks were recorded live at The Continental in New York City and all live versions of songs that previously appeared on the two prior studio albums, Maniacal Laughter and Bouncing Souls...

    CD includes the lyrics "Me, Shal Pete and Lamar thumbed down the ramp of Exit 158"

In sports

  • In soccer, the number of international goals
    Goal (sport)
    Goal refers to a method of scoring in many sports. It can also refer to the physical structure or area of the playing surface where scoring occurs....

     scored by Mia Hamm
    Mia Hamm
    Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...

     for the USA women's team
    United States women's national soccer team
    The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...

    , an all-time record for either sex
  • The 1927 New York Yankees
    New York Yankees
    The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

     Murderers' Row
    Murderers' Row
    Murderers’ Row was the nickname given to the New York Yankees baseball team of the late 1920s, in particular the first six hitters in the 1927 team lineup: Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel and Tony Lazzeri....

    , which included Lou Gehrig
    Lou Gehrig
    Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...

     and Babe Ruth
    Babe Ruth
    George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

    , hit a combined 158 home runs
  • Hall of Fame
    National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
    The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...

     first baseman Johnny Mize
    Johnny Mize
    John Robert "Johnny" Mize was a baseball player who was a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and New York Yankees...

     hit 158 home runs with the St. Louis Cardinals
    St. Louis Cardinals
    The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

     (1936–1941), before being traded to the New York Giants
    San Francisco Giants
    The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....


In transportation

  • The Alfa Romeo 158
    Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta
    The Alfa Romeo 158/159, also known as the Alfetta , is one of the most successful racing cars ever produced. The 158 and its derivative, the 159, took 47 wins from 54 Grands Prix entered. It was originally developed for the pre-World War II voiturette formula and has a 1.5 litre straight-8...

     racecar
  • The Ferrari 158
    Ferrari 158
    The Ferrari 158 was a racecar made by Ferrari in 1964 as a successor to the V6-powered Ferrari 156 F1 that had dominated in 1961 but become outdated by 1962. As with the British competition, it had a V8 engine...

     racecar produced between 1964 and 1965
  • The British Rail Class 158
    British Rail Class 158
    British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple-unit train, built for British Rail between 1989 and 1992 by BREL at its Derby Works. They were built to replace many locomotive-hauled passenger trains, and allowed cascading of existing Sprinter units to replace elderly 'heritage' DMUs...

     Express Sprinter
    Sprinter (train)
    The Sprinter is a family of diesel multiple unit trains in use on the UK railway system. They were built in the 1980s and early 1990s by BREL, Metro Cammell and Leyland. Most are based around a Cummins engine with Voith hydraulic transmission, although some class 158s have a Perkins engine...

     is a diesel multiple unit
    Diesel multiple unit
    A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines. They may also be referred to as a railcar or railmotor, depending on country.-Design:...

     (DMU) train, built for British Rail
    British Rail
    British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...

     between 1989 and 1992
  • The A158 Road
    A158 road
    The A158 road is a major tourist route that heads from Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway for almost its entirety. The road is approximately long...

     is a major tourist route that heads from Lincoln
    Lincoln, Lincolnshire
    Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

     to Skegness
    Skegness
    Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....

     in Lincolnshire
    Lincolnshire
    Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

    , England
  • Discovery 158 Old Town Canoes and Kayaks
  • The Surprize
    Surprize (ship)
    Surprize was one of the notorious Second Fleet ships to Port Jackson. At 400 tons burthen , she was the smallest ship of the fleet, and was an unsuitable vessel for so long a voyage, proving to be a wet ship even in moderate weather. In rough seas and heavy gales the convicts “were considerably...

    ship set sail from England on January 19, 1790, and made port in Port Jackson
    Port Jackson
    Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. It is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge...

    , Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

    , Australia on June 26, 158 days later

  • Highways and routes numbered 158 include:
    • U.S. Route 158
      U.S. Route 158
      U.S. Route 158 is an east–west United States highway that runs for from Mocksville to Nags Head, entirely in the U.S. state of North Carolina.-Route description:...

      , a spur of U.S. Route 58
      U.S. Route 58
      U.S. Route 58 is an east–west U.S. Highway that runs for from U.S. Route 25E just northwest of Harrogate, Tennessee to U.S. Route 60 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Until 1996, when the Cumberland Gap Tunnel opened, US 58 ran only inside the commonwealth of Virginia...

      , runs from Nags Head
      Nags Head, North Carolina
      Nags Head is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,700 at the 2000 census.-History:Early maps of the area show Nags Head as a promontory of land characterized by high sand dunes visible from miles at sea...

       to Mocksville, North Carolina
      Mocksville, North Carolina
      Mocksville is a town in Davie County, North Carolina, USA. The population was 4,178 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Davie County.-Geography:Mocksville is located at ....

    • Alabama State Route 158
      Alabama State Route 158
      State Route 158 is a ten-mile long route in northern Mobile County in the southwestern corner of the state. The western terminus of the route is at its junction with Schillinger Road near Semmes. The eastern terminus of the route is at its junction with U.S...

    • California State Route 158
      California State Route 158
      State Route 158 is a scenic state highway in the U.S. state of California in Mono County.-Route description:The route is a loop west off of U.S. Route 395 passing through the community of June Lake, following the watercourse of June Lake, Gull Lake, Reversed Creek, Silver Lake, Rush Creek and...

    • Florida State Road 158 (former)
    • Illinois Route 158
      Illinois Route 158
      Illinois Route 158 is an east–west state road in southwestern Illinois. Its western terminus is at Illinois Route 3 in Columbia and its eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 50, in O'Fallon. This is a distance of .- Route description :...

    • Indiana State Road 158
      Indiana State Road 158
      Indiana State Road 158 is a short connector route in Lawrence County in the southwest portion of the U.S. State of Indiana.-Route description:...

    • Maryland Route 158
      Maryland Route 158
      Maryland Route 158 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Bethlehem Boulevard, the state highway runs from Riverside Drive in Sparrows Point east to North Point Road in Edgemere. MD 158 parallels Interstate 695 along the northern edge of the former Bethlehem Steel complex...

    • Missouri Route 158
    • Nevada State Route 158
      Nevada State Route 158
      State Route 158 , also known as Deer Creek Road, is a state highway in Clark County, Nevada. The route connects Kyle Canyon Road to Lee Canyon Road in the Spring Mountains, in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest....

    • New Jersey Route 158
      Centre Street Bridge (Newark)
      Route 158 was a short state highway in Newark, New Jersey and Harrison, New Jersey in the counties of Essex and Hudson, which are located in the United States. The Centre Street Bridge was first constructed in 1834 as a single-level railroad bridge...

    • New York State Route 158
      New York State Route 158
      New York State Route 158 is a state highway in New York, running from near the Albany County village of Altamont to the Schenectady County town of Rotterdam, just outside Schenectady...

    • Pennsylvania Route 158
      Pennsylvania Route 158
      Pennsylvania Route 158 is located in western Pennsylvania, running from PA Route 18 south of New Wilmington in Lawrence County, to Mercer in Mercer County.-Route description:...

    • Tennessee State Route 158
      Tennessee State Route 158
      Tennessee State Route 158 is a west-to-east highway in Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The route is 4.5 miles long. Its western terminus is in Knoxville, Tennessee at TN 1. Its eastern terminus is in Knoxville at Interstate 40...

    • Texas State Highway 158
    • Virginia State Route 158
      Virginia State Route 158
      Virginia State Route 158 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Front Street, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 58 Alternate in Coeburn east to US 58 Alternate east of Coeburn...

    • Wisconsin Highway 158
    • Quebec Route 158
      Quebec route 158
      Route 158 is an east-west arterial road running between Lachute and Berthierville, north of the Ottawa and Saint Lawrence rivers, in the Laurentides region....

       runs between Lachute and Berthierville
      Berthierville, Quebec
      Berthierville is a Canadian town located between Montreal and Trois-Rivières on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the province of Quebec. Berthierville is the seat of D'Autray Regional County Municipality, and is served by Autoroute 40, and is the junction of Routes 138 and 158...

    • Route 158 (Prince Edward Island) (Harper Road)
    • Route 158
      Route 158 (Japan)
      National Route 158 is a national highway of Japan connecting Fukui, Fukui and Matsumoto, Nagano in Japan, with a total length of 250.1 km ....

       is a national highway
      National highways of Japan
      Japan has a nationwide system of distinct from the expressways. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and other government agencies administer the national highways. Beginning in 1952, Japan classified these as Class 1 or Class 2. Class 1 highways had one- or two-digit numbers, while...

       connecting Fukui, Fukui
      Fukui, Fukui
      is the capital of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The city is located in the north-central part of the prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan.-Demographics:...

       and Matsumoto, Nagano
      Matsumoto, Nagano
      is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a Special City.-Outline:The new city of Matsumoto is the city comprising the mergers of the old city of Matsumoto and four villages. Matsumoto officially absorbed those villages without creating a new municipal...

      , Japan
    • Federal Route 158
      Malaysia Federal Route 158
      Federal Route 158 or Jalan Kedawang is a major federal roads in Langkawi Island, Kedah, Malaysia.-Notable features:At most section, the Federal Route 158 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h....

       is a federal road in Kuah
      Kuah
      Kuah is a town and district capital of Langkawi, Kedah, and is the entry point for those coming by ferry from either the mainland or Penang Island. The town is centered on its jetty, which brings in flocks of tourists each year who come to enjoy the shopping and other attractions of Langkawi...

       town, Langkawi Island, Kedah
      Kedah
      Kedah is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km², and it consists of the mainland and Langkawi. The mainland has a relatively flat terrain, which is used to grow rice...

      , Malaysia.
    • A158 road
      A158 road
      The A158 road is a major tourist route that heads from Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway for almost its entirety. The road is approximately long...

       is a tourist route that runs from Lincoln
      Lincoln, Lincolnshire
      Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

       to Skegness
      Skegness
      Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....

       in the United Kingdom

In TV and radio

  • The TV series The Dick Van Dyke Show
    The Dick Van Dyke Show
    The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. It was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff....

     ran on CBS
    CBS
    CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

     from 1961 to 1966 with 158 episodes
  • The TV series Boy Meets World
    Boy Meets World
    Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...

     ran on ABC
    American Broadcasting Company
    The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

     from 1993 to 2000 with 158 episodes
  • Channel 158 on Sirius Satellite Radio is Orlando
    Orlando, Florida
    Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

    /Tampa-St. Petersburg traffic and weather
  • Channel 158 on XM Radio is America's Talk
    America's Talk
    America's Talk is a news and talk radio channel on XM Satellite Radio, launched on 2007-11-19 on channel 158 and moved to 166 on 2011-05-04. Much like its sister talk channel XM Talk 168, it is a general news/talk focused channel. It was programmed by Sean Compton until 2008-04-01, in Cincinnati,...

    , talk radio

In other fields

158 is also:
  • The year AD 158
    158
    Year 158 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tertullus and Sacerdos...

     or 158 BC
    158 BC
    Year 158 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Laenas...

  • 158 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar
    Islamic calendar
    The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...

     that corresponds to 774
    774
    Year 774 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 774 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Charlemagne conquers the kingdom of the...

     – 775
    775
    Year 775 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 775 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.-Africa:* Andalusian merchants set up an emporium on the...

     CE
    Common Era
    Common Era ,abbreviated as CE, is an alternative designation for the calendar era originally introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century, traditionally identified with Anno Domini .Dates before the year 1 CE are indicated by the usage of BCE, short for Before the Common Era Common Era...

  • The atomic number
    Atomic number
    In chemistry and physics, the atomic number is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom and therefore identical to the charge number of the nucleus. It is conventionally represented by the symbol Z. The atomic number uniquely identifies a chemical element...

     of an element temporarily called unpentoctium
  • 158 Koronis
    158 Koronis
    158 Koronis is a main-belt, S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Viktor Knorre on January 4, 1876, from the Berlin observatory. It was the first of his four asteroid discoveries....

     is a Main belt
    Asteroid belt
    The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

     asteroid
    Asteroid
    Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

  • In the Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

    i satirical
    Satire
    Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...

     comedy
    Comedy
    Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

     Operation Grandma ("Mivtza Safta", מבצע סבתא), the number 158 is implied to be a classified
    Classified information
    Classified information is sensitive information to which access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of persons. A formal security clearance is required to handle classified documents or access classified data. The clearance process requires a satisfactory background investigation...

     high-rank officer position (Alon
    Alon
    Alon can be several things:* Alon , a Hebrew name meaning "oak" as in oak tree* Alon Corporation, an aircraft manufacturer* Alon USA Corporation, Oil Company* aluminium oxynitride , known under the trade name ALON...

     says: "Since you've became 158, you became all that?")
  • Bahrain
    Bahrain
    ' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

     ranks #158 in world population
  • Township 158-30 is a small township
    Township (United States)
    A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....

     in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota
    Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota
    Lake of the Woods County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 4,045. Its county seat is Baudette. The county contains the Northwest Angle, the northernmost point of the Lower 48 States, and includes the U.S. portion of Lake of the Woods, shared with...

  • Edenwold No. 158, Saskatchewan
    Edenwold No. 158, Saskatchewan
    Edenwold No. 158, Saskatchewan is a rural municipality of 3,611 rural residents in the southeastern part of Saskatchewan, Canada on the Trans Canada Highway. The RM was incorporated December 9, 1912...

     is a rural municipality
    Rural municipality
    A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

     in Saskatchewan
    Saskatchewan
    Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

    , Canada
  • John Irving
    John Irving
    John Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978...

    's third novel, The 158-Pound Marriage
    The 158-Pound Marriage
    John Irving's third and perhaps darkest novel, The 158-Pound Marriage examines the sexual revolution-era trend of 'swinging' via a glimpse into the lives of two couples in a small New England college town who enter casually into such an affair, with disastrous consequences.-Plot summary:The...

  • Financial Accounting Standards Board
    Financial Accounting Standards Board
    The Financial Accounting Standards Board is a private, not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to develop generally accepted accounting principles within the United States in the public's interest...

     summary of statement No. 158 requires an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan
  • There are 158 member nations of the World Chess Federation
  • Spamfighter estimates it saved 158 years of work deleting E-mail spam
    E-mail spam
    Email spam, also known as junk email or unsolicited bulk email , is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by email. Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk. One subset of UBE is UCE...

     messages
  • The University of Rochester
    University of Rochester
    The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...

     held its 158th commencement in May 2008

See also

  • List of highways numbered 158
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 158
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 158
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 158, adopted unanimously on September 28, 1960, after examining the application of the Republic of Senegal for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of Senegal be admitted.Senegal, along with...

  • United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 158
  • Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 158
    Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 158
    The 158th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Chester County and includes the following areas:* Avondale* Caln Township * East Bradford Township * East Marlborough Township...

  • Consolidated School District 158
    Consolidated School District 158
    Community Consolidated School District 158 is a school district in Illinois. The district serves some nearly 8,200 students living in Huntley as well as western portions of Lake in the Hills and Algonquin and surrounding areas. The district employs over 1000 staff members...

    , Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

  • Marie Curie Middle School 158
    Marie Curie Middle School 158
    Marie Curie Middle School 158 is a middle school for science and technology located in Bayside, New York with a large enrollment...

    , Bayside, New York
  • P.S. 158
    P.S. 158
    P.S. 158 , named the Bayard Taylor School, is a public elementary school in New York City. The school is located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It first opened in the mid 1890s. The school building occupies the entire breadth of York Avenue between 77th and 78th Street.The school reports...

    , Manhattan, New York City

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