Numbers
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A number
is a concept used to describe and assess quantity.
Number may also refer to:
Numbers may also refer to:
Number
A number is a mathematical object used to count and measure. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over the years to include such numbers as zero, negative numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and complex numbers....
is a concept used to describe and assess quantity.
Number may also refer to:
- Numeral systemNumeral systemA numeral system is a writing system for expressing numbers, that is a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using graphemes or symbols in a consistent manner....
, a writing system for expressing numbers - Number (game), a number-guessing computer game
- Number (magazine)Number (magazine)Number is the leading Japanese sports magazine published on every Thursday by Bungeishunju. The official name is Sports Graphic Number. Though the circulation once hit 47 million, it is now around 10 million....
, a Japanese sports magazine - Number (manga)Number (manga)is a Japanese manga series by Kawori Tsubaki. Originally starting serialization in the shōjo magazine Comic Blade Avarus published by Mag Garden in December 2007.-Plot:...
, a manga by Tsubaki Kawori - Number (music)Number (music)A number in music is a self-contained piece that is combined with other such pieces in a performance. In a concert of popular music, for example, the individual songs or pieces performed are often referred to as "numbers." The term is applied also to sections of large vocal works when the...
, a self-contained piece of music - Number signNumber signNumber sign is a name for the symbol #, which is used for a variety of purposes including, in some countries, the designation of a number...
, a name for the octothorpe symbol ("#") - Grammatical numberGrammatical numberIn linguistics, grammatical number is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and adjective and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions ....
, a morphological grammatical category indicating the quantity of referents - Preferred numberPreferred numberIn industrial design, preferred numbers are standard guidelines for choosing exact product dimensions within a given set of constraints....
, a number that fits a standard guideline for choosing exact product dimensions within industrial design constraints - Telephone numberTelephone numberA telephone number or phone number is a sequence of digits used to call from one telephone line to another in a public switched telephone network. When telephone numbers were invented, they were short — as few as one, two or three digits — and were given orally to a switchboard operator...
, often referred to as simply a number - Numbers stationNumbers stationA numbers station is a shortwave radio station of uncertain origin. In the 1950s, Time magazine reported that the numbers stations first appeared shortly after World War II and were using a format that had been used to send weather data during that war.Numbers stations generally broadcast...
, spy radio stations
Numbers may also refer to:
- Book of NumbersBook of NumbersThe Book of Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah/Pentateuch....
, part of the Torah; the fourth book of the Bible - Numbers gameNumbers gameNumbers game, also known as a numbers racket, policy racket or Italian lottery, is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in the United States, wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day...
, a gambling scheme common in poor US urban neighborhoods - Numbers (magazine)Numbers (magazine)Numbers was a literary magazine published twice a year in Cambridge, England, between 1986 and 1990. Six issues of the magazine appeared, of which the last was a double issue to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of the American poet and novelist Janet Lewis...
, a literary magazine published in Cambridge, England - Numbers (software)Numbers (software)Numbers is a spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc. as part of the iWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages. Numbers 1.0 was announced on August 7, 2007 and thus it is the newest application in the iWork Suite. Numbers runs on Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" or newer...
, a spreadsheet application developed by Apple as part of its iWork suite - Ronald NumbersRonald NumbersRonald L. Numbers is an American historian of science. He was awarded the 2008 George Sarton Medal by the History of Science Society for "a lifetime of exceptional scholarly achievement by a distinguished scholar".- Biography :...
(born 1942), American professor and historian of science - The Numbers GangThe Numbers GangThe Numbers Gang are a well known prison gang with one of the most fearsome reputations in South Africa if not the world. They are known to operate primarily in the Western Cape prison of Pollsmoor, however it is thought that they control most of the South African prisons.-Origin:Although the...
Entertainment
- Numbers, a play by Kieron BarryKieron Barry-Work:Barry's plays include Stockwell: The Inquest into the Death of Jean Charles de Menezes about the 2005 shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, which ran at London's Tricycle Theatre in 2009.-Published works:*Numbers*Embassyland...
- Numbers, a reoccurring enemy from the Dick TracyDick TracyDick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate...
franchise - "Numbers" (Lost)Numbers (Lost)"Numbers" is the 18th episode of the first season of Lost. The episode was directed by Dan Attias and written by Brent Fletcher and David Fury. It first aired on March 2, 2005 on ABC...
, an episode of the Lost TV series - Numbers (Nanoha)Numbers (Nanoha)is a group of characters in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. Jail Scaglietti's personal task force, they are all "combat cyborgs" , humans that acquired special abilities by implanting mechanical elements into their bodies. As their group name suggests, their specific names are all based on...
, a group of characters in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS anime series - Numbers monsters, a set of cards in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! ZexalYu-Gi-Oh! Zexalis an anime and manga series. It is the fourth Yu-Gi-Oh! television anime series produced by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems. The series was first unveiled on December 18, 2010, in the February 2011 issue of the V Jump magazine, where the manga began serialization. The TV anime began airing on TV...
- Numb3rsNUMB3RSNumb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
, an American TV show
In music
- Numbers (band)Numbers (band)Numbers are an American indie rock band from San Francisco, California.Not to be confused with the New York pop band 'Numbers', who recorded in 1979 and 1980...
, an American indie rock/electronic group - Numbers (The Briggs album), a 2003 album by The Briggs
- Numbers (Cat Stevens album)Numbers (Cat Stevens album)Numbers is concept album by singer/songwriter Cat Stevens released in November 1975. Subtitled "A Pythagorean Theory Tale", it is a concept album based on a fictional planet in a far-off galaxy named Polygor and the "Polygons" who inhabit its palace...
, a 1975 album by Cat Stevens - Numbers (Woe, Is Me album)Numbers (Woe, Is Me album)Number[s] is the debut album by American rock band, Woe, Is Me, released on August 31, 2010 through Rise Records and its imprint devision, Velocity. A re-release of the record is expected to be released by March of 2012 with the band's current clean vocalist, Hance Alligood and current lead...
, a 2010 album by Woe, Is Me - Numbers (Rufus album)Numbers (Rufus album)Numbers is the seventh studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1978. It was the band's first album without Chaka Khan on lead vocals...
, a 1979 album by Ruffs - "Numbers" (song), a song by Kraftwerk
- Numbers, a hidden song by Basshunter on his album Bass GenerationBass GenerationBass Generation is the third studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Basshunter. It was first released on 28 September 2009, a week after the album's lead single "Every Morning". The album reached #2 in New Zealand and #7 in South Africa....