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positive integer

NOUN
counting number


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We assume that in our drawing, m is the smallest positive integer satisfying this equation.

From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2021

From that point, Douglas Adams’s number was the last positive integer lower than 100 whose representation as a sum of three integer cubes was unknown.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2020

The principal quantum number, n, can be any positive integer.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

A positive integer would almost seem inherent in the idea of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2016

The general form of these is axn + bxn-1 + ... + kx + l = 0, where n is a positive integer, and a, b, ... k, l are given numbers.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various