"number line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: number lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} number line (plural number lines)
  1. (mathematics) A line that graphically represents the real numbers as a series of points whose distance from an origin is proportional to their value Wikipedia link: number line Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: number ray Translations (line that graphically represents the real numbers): recta numèrica [feminine] (Catalan), getallenlijn (Dutch), lukusuora (Finnish), droite réelle [feminine] (French), Zahlenstrahl [masculine] (German), számegyenes (Hungarian), 数直線 (sūchokusen) (Japanese), 수직선 (sujikseon) (alt: 數直線) (Korean), oś liczbowa [feminine] (Polish), linha numérica [feminine] (Portuguese), recta real [feminine] (Spanish), เส้นจำนวน (sên-jam-nuuan) (Thai), sayı doğrusu (Turkish), trục số (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-number_line-en-noun-TkWfF7VU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for number line meaning in English (3.1kB)

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      "word": "수직선"
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      "word": "เส้นจำนวน"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "line that graphically represents the real numbers",
      "word": "sayı doğrusu"
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