Magic number
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Magic number may refer to:
  • Magic number (chemistry)
    Magic number (chemistry)
    In case a gas condenses into clusters of atoms, the number of atoms in these clusters varies between a few and hundreds. However, there are peaks at specific sizes, usually one at lower and one at larger numbers. Often, specific numbers dominate...

    , number of atoms or molecules forming an exceptionally stable cluster
  • Magic number (sports)
    Magic number (sports)
    In certain sports, a magic number is a number used to indicate how close a front-running team is to clinching a season title. It represents the total of additional wins by the front-running team or additional losses by the rival team after which it is mathematically impossible for the rival team...

    , a number that indicates how close a team is to winning a season title
  • Magic number (oil)
    Magic number (oil)
    The magic number is a term in economics that denotes the price of crude oil at which a crude oil exporting economy runs a deficit....

    , the price per barrel of oil at which an oil exporting nation runs a deficit
  • Magic number (physics)
    Magic number (physics)
    In nuclear physics, a magic number is a number of nucleons such that they are arranged into complete shells within the atomic nucleus...

    , the number of nucleons that results in complete atomic-nuclear shells
  • Magic number (programming)
    Magic number (programming)
    In computer programming, the term magic number has multiple meanings. It could refer to one or more of the following:* A constant numerical or text value used to identify a file format or protocol; for files, see List of file signatures...

    , originally the UNIX way of recognizing file types
  • Magic Numbers (TV series)
    Magic Numbers (TV series)
    Magic Numbers was a British television show in which celebrity contestants answer questions to generate a sequence of 6 numbers. The show was created by CPL Productions and Paul Brassey and commissioned by John Kaye Cooper at ITV. Members of the public then call a Premium-rate telephone number if...

  • Magic Number (game), a pricing game on The Price is Right
  • "Magic Number" (Maaya Sakamoto song)
    Magic Number (Maaya Sakamoto song)
    ' is Maaya Sakamoto's eighteenth single. The title track will be used as the opening theme for the anime Kobato. The live version of Kazamidori and Pocket wo Kara ni Shite are from her concert at Tokyo International Forum Hall A on January 24, 2009 with live arrangement by Shin Kōno.-Track...

  • "The Magic Number
    The Magic Number
    "The Magic Number" is a 1990 single by De La Soul, originally recorded in 1988 and first released on their 1989 album, 3 Feet High and Rising, with the chorus based on a segment from the children's show "Schoolhouse Rock!", written by Bob Dorough. In the song, the trio state that the number three...

    ", a 1990 song by De La Soul from 3 Feet High and Rising
  • The Magic Numbers
    The Magic Numbers
    The Magic Numbers are an English pop rock band comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters from Greenford. The group was formed in 2002, releasing their critically acclaimed debut album titled The Magic Numbers on 13 June 2005...

    , a British rock band


See also

  • "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
    The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
    "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information" is one of the most highly cited papers in psychology. It was published in 1956 by the cognitive psychologist George A. Miller of Princeton University's Department of Psychology in Psychological...

    ", a 1956 paper by George Miller
  • "Three Is a Magic Number
    Three Is a Magic Number
    "Three Is a Magic Number" is the pilot episode of the Schoolhouse Rock! series and the first episode of the program's first season, "Multiplication Rock."...

    ", a song by Bob Dorough from the Schoolhouse Rock!
    Schoolhouse Rock!
    Schoolhouse Rock! is an American interstitial programming series of animated musical educational short films that aired during the Saturday morning children's programming on the U.S. television network ABC. The topics covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics...

    educational film series
  • Magic constant
    Magic constant
    The magic constant or magic sum of a magic square is the sum of numbers in any row, column, and diagonal of the magic square. For example, the magic square shown below has a magic constant of 15....

    , the sum in a magic square
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