Definition of Number system

1. Noun. Any notation for the representation of numbers.


Definition of Number system

1. Noun. (arithmetic) A set of numerals for representing numbers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Number System

number nine
number nines
number one
number one with a bullet
number one wood
number ones
number plate
number plates
number representation system
number seven
number sevens
number sign
number signs
number six
number sixes
number system (current term)
number systems
number tens
number theoretician
number theoreticians
number theorist
number theorists
number theory
number three
number threes
number twos
numberable
numbered
numbered list

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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