"abstract number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: abstract numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} abstract number (plural abstract numbers)
  1. A number used without application to things, e.g. 6, 8, 10; but when applied to anything, e.g. 6 feet, 10 men, it becomes concrete. Categories (topical): Numbers Translations (number used without application to things): nombre abstracte [masculine] (Catalan), abstrakti luku (Finnish), nombre abstrait [masculine] (French), عدد مجرد (Ottoman Turkish), número abstracto [masculine] (Spanish), bilang na basal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-abstract_number-en-noun-TDT5QdrD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "A number used without application to things, e.g. 6, 8, 10; but when applied to anything, e.g. 6 feet, 10 men, it becomes concrete."
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nombre abstracte"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "word": "abstrakti luku"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nombre abstrait"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "word": "عدد مجرد"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "número abstracto"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "word": "bilang na basal"
        }
      ]
    }
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        "A number used without application to things, e.g. 6, 8, 10; but when applied to anything, e.g. 6 feet, 10 men, it becomes concrete."
      ],
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "number used without application to things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "abstrakti luku"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "number used without application to things",
      "word": "عدد مجرد"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "number used without application to things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número abstracto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "number used without application to things",
      "word": "bilang na basal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abstract number"
}

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