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Definition of Number system
1. Noun. Any notation for the representation of numbers.
Generic synonyms: Mathematical Notation
Specialized synonyms: Positional Notation, Positional Representation System
Examples of category: Base, Radix
Definition of Number system
1. Noun. (arithmetic) A set of numerals for representing numbers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Number System
Literary usage of Number system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"I) is isomorphic* with the real number system of analysis. Thus a complete list
of assumptions for the geometry of reals is A, E, K The use of Assumption K ..."
2. The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant (1896)
"number system LIMITS. WITH respect to the limits to which the number systems of
the various uncivilized races of the earth extend, recent anthropological ..."
3. College Algebra by Henry Lewis Rietz, Arthur Robert Crathorne (1919)
"If our number system consisted of zero and positive integers only, the solution
... We can extend the number system, so as to include the class of numbers ..."
4. Introduction to Infinitesimal Analysis: Functions of One Real Variable by Oswald Veblen, Nels Johann Lennes (1907)
"General Remarks on the number system. Various modes of treatment of the problem
of the number system as a whole are possible. ..."
5. Engineering Office Systems and Methods: Together with Schedules and by John Percival Davies (1915)
"THE "CONSECUTIVE NUMBER" SYSTEM OF NUMBERING TRACINGS In this system every tracing
... The "consecutive number" system is very generally used, and should be ..."
6. Engineering Office Systems and Methods: Together with Schedules and by John Percival Davies (1915)
"What may be called the "job and sheet number" system starts numbering its drawings
... The "consecutive number" system is very generally used, and should be ..."
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