"natural number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: natural numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} natural number (plural natural numbers)
  1. (mathematics) A positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Numbers, Set theory Translations ((only) positive integer): عَدَد طَبِيعِيّ (ʕadad ṭabīʕiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), přirozené číslo [neuter] (Czech), positivt heltal (Danish), natura nombro (Esperanto), positiivinen kokonaisluku (Finnish), entier naturel [masculine] (French), 自然数 (shizensū) (english: commonly) (Japanese), 正数 (seisū) (Japanese), عدد طبیعی (Persian), bilang na panalatag (Tagalog), doğal sayı (Turkish)
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  2. (mathematics) A non-negative integer {0, 1, 2, ...}. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Numbers Translations ((only) non-negative integer): ikke-negativt heltal (Danish), ei-negatiivinen kokonaisluku (Finnish), 自然数 (shizensū) (english: occasionally) (Japanese), 非負数 (hifusū) (english: strictly) (Japanese), bilang na likas (Tagalog), sayma sayısı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-natural_number-en-noun-M-6agvkM Disambiguation of Numbers: 50 50 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of '(only) non-negative integer': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: counting number, integer, natural numbers, number, whole number Translations (positive integer or non-negative integer): عدد طبيعي (ʕadad ṭabīʕī) (Arabic), բնական թիվ (bnakan tʻiv) (Armenian), 自然數 (Chinese Mandarin), 自然数 (zìránshù) (Chinese Mandarin), naturligt tal (Danish), natuurlijk getal [neuter] (Dutch), naturligt tal [neuter, plural] (Dutch), luonnollinen luku (Finnish), entier naturel [masculine] (French), nombre naturel [masculine] (French), nombre entier naturel [masculine] (French), número natural [masculine] (Galician), ბუნებრივი რიცხვი (bunebrivi ricxvi) (Georgian), natürliche Zahl (German), φυσικός αριθμός (fysikós arithmós) [masculine] (Greek), מספר טבעי (mispár tiv'í) [masculine] (Hebrew), धन पूर्ण संख्या (dhan pūrṇ saṅkhyā) (Hindi), धन पूर्णांक (dhan pūrṇāṅk) (Hindi), प्राकृतिक संख्या (prākŕtik saṅkhyā) (Hindi), प्राकृत संख्या (prākŕt saṅkhyā) (Hindi), természetes szám (Hungarian), náttúrleg tala [feminine] (Icelandic), bilangan asli (Indonesian), numero naturale [masculine] (Italian), 自然数 (shizensū) (Japanese), 자연수 (jayeonsu) (Korean), എണ്ണൽ സംഖ്യ (eṇṇal saṅkhya) (Malayalam), tau tatau (Maori), شمارهی طبیعی (šomâre-ye tabi'i) (Persian), عدد طبیعی ('adad-e tabi'i) (Persian), liczba naturalna [feminine] (Polish), número natural [masculine] (Portuguese), натура́льное число́ (naturálʹnoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), número natural [masculine] (Spanish), naturligt tal [neuter] (Swedish), bilang na likas (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'positive integer or non-negative integer': 47 53
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      "sense": "(only) positive integer",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "(only) positive integer",
      "word": "positivt heltal"
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      "sense": "(only) positive integer",
      "word": "natura nombro"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(only) positive integer",
      "word": "positiivinen kokonaisluku"
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      "sense": "(only) positive integer",
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      "word": "entier naturel"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "(only) positive integer",
      "word": "自然数"
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      "word": "正数"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "word": "عدد طبیعی"
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      "sense": "(only) positive integer",
      "word": "bilang na panalatag"
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      "sense": "(only) positive integer",
      "word": "doğal sayı"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(only) non-negative integer",
      "word": "ikke-negativt heltal"
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      "sense": "(only) non-negative integer",
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      "sense": "(only) non-negative integer",
      "word": "sayma sayısı"
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}

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