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Definition of Large number
1. Noun. A large indefinite number. "A plurality of religions"
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Derivative terms: Multitudinous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Large Number
Literary usage of Large number
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1842)
"A large number kid no occupation. Under 12 mouths 42 Ages. ... The large number
marked "irregular" depends upon several causes. It includes, in the first ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The climbers comprise a large number of species, some of profusion was given by the
... The reptilian fauna exhibits an exceptionally large number of ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Yet the splitting up of the extensive country of the Saxons into a large number
of principalities subject only to the imperial government was one of the ..."
4. The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1921)
"THE SOUTH AMERICANS WERE THE FIRST TO REBEL AGAINST THE REACTIONARY MEASURES OF
THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA, GREECE AND BELGIUM AND SPAIN AND A large number OF ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"He says " each egg capsule contains a large number, perhaps two hundred, of ova
measuring about 0.25 mm. across ; of these FIG. 2. ..."
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