Phrase Hound found 658 phrases and 42 compound words that contain number. The most common are listed below. Open number in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 658
- number oneFirst; foremost; best, often used after its headword.
- telephone numberThe sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.
- serial numberA unique identifier, consisting of numbers, letters or other typographical symbols, assigned to a particular unit of some product in order to identify it.
- take a numberTo queue; to wait to be served by being assigned a number and waiting for that number to be called after all previous numbers have been served in order of assignment.
- phone numberClipping of telephone number: The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.
- random numberUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see random, number.
- number twoWhite, Caucasian.
- Large number
- account numberA number used to identify a bank account.
- atomic numberThe number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z
- real numberThe limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers, whether the limit is a rational number such as 2, -5, or 2/7 or whether the limit is an irrational number such as the square root of two or the circumference of the circle whose …
- prime numberAny natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers.
- mobile numberMobile phone number.
- version numberA unique number or set of numbers assigned to a specific version of software, firmware, file, etc.
- part numberA unique, typically alphanumeric code assigned to a specific component, material, or assembly in order to simplify identification, procurement, and inventory management.
- fax numberA number used to contact a particular fax machine.
- odd numberAny integer that produces a noninteger when divided by two. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- magic numberThe 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 and 126.
- even numberA positive integer that can be divided by two, and two itself.
- number lineA line that graphically represents the real numbers as a series of points whose distance from an origin is proportional to their value
- number theoryThe branch of pure mathematics concerned with the properties of integers.
- item numberAn upbeat musical number within a film, accompanied by a provocative dance sequence performed by attractive women, or "item girls".
- model numberA manufacturer's identifier for a particular type or version of a product.
- complex numberA number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i denotes the imaginary unit.
- what numberWhich, what position (in an ordered series, such as which day of the month or which floor). (This entry is a translation hub.)
Compound words 42
- wavenumberA measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
- autonumberAn automatically generated number.
- denumberTo denumerate.
- NumberwangA situation involving a bewildering succession of numbers.
- nimberAny of a set of number-like objects used in combinatorial game theory, equivalent to the values of heaps in the game of nim.
- numbernessThe quality of being a number.
- numberyGood with numbers; mathematically inclined.
- numberishCharacteristic of a number; numberlike.
- numbersomeCharacterized by (great) number; numerous.
- crossnumberA puzzle that resembles a crossword but is to be filled with numbers rather than words, the numbers being clued either arithmetically or by general knowledge (such as the year of a historical event).