English Explanatory Dictionary

abstract number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A number used without application to things, e.g. 6, 8, 10; but when applied to anything, e.g. 6 feet, 10 men, it becomes concrete.

Word forms

abstract number abstract numbers

Antonyms

concrete number
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