A careful derivation of the arithmetic properties of the natural numbers #92;mathbb#123;N#125;, using induction, was done by G. Peano (1858–1932). It is a lot of fun, but we will not pursue any of it here.
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Natural number
Synonyms for "natural number" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
counting numbercounting-number
Strong matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
integer value
Noun(1 words)
nonnegative integer
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
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6 entrieseven natural numbereven numberodd natural numberodd numberprime numbersquare number
Collocations
12 entriescounting numberseven numbernatural number linenatural-number arithmeticnatural-number conceptnatural-number examplenatural-number sequencenatural-number setnatural-number systempositive integerprime numberset of natural numbers
Inflections
3 entriesmore natural-numbermost natural-numbernatural numbers
Derivations
2 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عدد طبيعي noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Armenian
1 entries- բնական թիվ noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Basque
1 entries- zenbaki arrunt noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Bulgarian
1 entries- есте́ствено число́ noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自然數 /自然数 noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Czech
1 entries- přirozené číslo noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Danish
1 entries- naturligt tal noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Dutch
2 entries- naturligt tal noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- natuurlijk getal noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Finnish
1 entries- luonnollinen luku noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
French
3 entries- entier naturel noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- nombre entier naturel noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- nombre naturel noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Galician
1 entries- número natural noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Georgian
1 entries- ბუნებრივი რიცხვი noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
German
1 entries- natürliche Zahl noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Greek
1 entries- φυσικός αριθμός noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Hebrew
1 entries- מספר טבעי noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Hindi
4 entries- धन पूर्ण संख्या noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- धन पूर्णांक noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- प्राकृत संख्या noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- प्राकृतिक संख्या noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Hungarian
1 entries- természetes szám noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Icelandic
1 entries- náttúrleg tala noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Indonesian
1 entries- bilangan asli noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Italian
1 entries- numero naturale noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Japanese
1 entries- 自然数 noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Korean
1 entries- 자연수 noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Macedonian
1 entries- природен број noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Malayalam
1 entries- എണ്ണൽ സംഖ്യ noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Māori
1 entries- tau tatau noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Persian
2 entries- شمارهی طبیعی noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- عدد طبیعی noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Polish
1 entries- liczba naturalna noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Portuguese
1 entries- número natural noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Russian
1 entries- натура́льное число́ noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Spanish
3 entries- entero no negativo noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- número entero no negativo noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
- número natural noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Swedish
1 entries- naturligt tal noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Tagalog
1 entries- bilang na likas noun (positive integer or non-negative integer)
Sample sentences
1 total sentences available.