"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), 抽象數字 (Chinese Mandarin), 抽象数字 (chōuxiàng shùzì) (Chinese Mandarin), abstrakti luku (Finnish), nombre abstrait [masculine] (French), عدد مجرد (Ottoman Turkish), número abstracto [masculine] (Spanish), bilang na basal (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "number used without application to things",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "word": "抽象數字"
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          "roman": "chōuxiàng shùzì",
          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "word": "抽象数字"
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          "sense": "number used without application to things",
          "word": "abstrakti luku"
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          "sense": "number used without application to things",
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          "sense": "number used without application to things",
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          "sense": "number used without application to things",
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          ],
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      "word": "抽象數字"
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      "sense": "number used without application to things",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "number used without application to things",
      "word": "abstrakti luku"
    },
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      "sense": "number used without application to things",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nombre abstrait"
    },
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      "sense": "number used without application to things",
      "word": "عدد مجرد"
    },
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      "sense": "number used without application to things",
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      ],
      "word": "número abstracto"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "number used without application to things",
      "word": "bilang na basal"
    }
  ],
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