whole number
Example Sentences
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Magnitudes on the Richter scale are measured logarithmically, with each whole number increase representing ten times more in measured amplitude.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
The 14th Amendment requires that congressional seats be distributed among the states “according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State.”
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024
Nonetheless, Mr. Biden said, “We’re looking at a whole number of options.”
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024
"Sadly for a whole number of reasons, rugby players are going to have to accept that their market value has changed," explains BBC rugby union correspondent Chris Jones.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2023
However, for orbits whose lengths were not a whole number of wavelengths, each wave crest would eventually be canceled out by a trough as the electrons went round; these orbits would not be allowed.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
