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Definition of Magic number
1. Noun. The atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 or 126.
Definition of Magic number
1. Noun. (physics) the number of neutrons or protons in nuclei which are required to fill the major quantum shells, and thus produce exceptionally stable nuclei - 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 & 126 ¹
2. Noun. (baseball) A metric used to determine a team's required performance to make the playoffs. ¹
3. Noun. (computing) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magic Number
Literary usage of Magic number
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merging the Deposit Insurance Funds: Hearing Before the Committee on Banking edited by Marge Roukema (2001)
"Most importantly, we have to ask: where did this magic number come from? ...
The true number we should be dealing with, the magic number, should have been ..."
2. Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12 by Janet Allen (1999)
"If a given row doesn'to add up to the magic number, students have made an ...
In Figure 5.6, created by Anne Cobb, the a: magic number (the total of each ..."
3. Refugees Into Citizens: Palestinians and the End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Donna E. Arzt (1997)
"But assuming consensus could somehow be reached on the "magic number," current
estimates should be calculated easily with the standard ..."
4. Alliance Adrift by Yoichi Funabashi (1999)
"magic number The figure of approximately 100000, however, quickly took on a life
of its own as if it were some kind of magic number. ..."
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