noun
any notation for the representation of numbers
• Hypernyms: ↑mathematical notation
• Hyponyms: ↑positional notation, ↑positional representation system
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nounsee number field
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number system noun (mathematics)
Any set of elements which has two binary operations called addition and multiplication, each of which is commutative and associative, and which is such that multiplication is distributive with respect to addition
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Main Entry: ↑number
Useful english dictionary. 2012.