Numbers
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A number is a mathematical concept used to describe and assess quantity. It is an abstract entity representing a quantity, used to express how many things are being referred to, or how much there is of some thing or property; an arithmetical value corresponding to a particular quantity of something.
The word number can also refer to
- Telephone numbers.
- Grammatical number, a morphological grammatical category indicating the quantity of referents
- Number (music), a self-contained piece of music that is combined with other such pieces in a performance
- The "Book of Numbers", part of the Torah, the fourth book of the Bible.
- A Numbers game, a gambling scheme common in poor US urban neighborhoods.
- NUMB3RS, an American TV show on CBS
- The Numbers in Lost (TV series): 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42
- "Numbers (Lost)," a focal episode of Season 1 in the series
- Numbers (Cat Stevens album) (subtitled "A Pythagorean Theory Tale"), an album by Cat Stevens
- Number (game), a number-guessing computer game.
- See also Category:Numbers
