counting number

noun

: natural number

Examples of counting number in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But once we’re empowered to ignore the counting numbers, then whatever. —Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025

But Seager has put together a monstrous offensive season despite his two stints on the injured list and may have been the outright frontrunner for the AL MVP award if his counting numbers hadn’t taken a hit due to missed games. —Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023

The raw counting numbers on their own are pretty good. —Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 12 May 2023

The problem itself may sound quite straightforward, because the counting numbers and the study of mathematics are thousands of years old. —Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023

And imagine that your available denominators are the counting numbers 1 to 10. —Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2019

The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers, or integers. —Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2019

To construct a finite field, start by extracting a finite subset of numbers from the counting numbers. —Wired, 29 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for counting number

• cumber
• lumber
• slumber
• umber
• encumber
• outnumber
• renumber

Kids Definition

counting number

noun

: natural number