natural number

noun
1.
a positive integer or zero.
Origin
1755-65
Examples from the web for natural number
  • It showed that a fractal had a dimension that differed from a natural number.
  • Well, briefly, they consider thirteen a more natural number than twelve.
  • Students can evaluate formulas and expressions that involve natural number exponents.
British Dictionary definitions for natural number

natural number

noun
1.
any of the numbers 0,1,2,3,4,… that can be used to count the members of a set; the non-negative integers
natural number in Science
natural number  
A positive integer.
natural number in Technology

mathematics
An integer greater than or equal to zero. A natural number is an isomorphism class of a finite set.
(1995-03-25)