integer

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Accordingly, in the White House video, a +100 integer flashes on-screen when a mortar shell connects with its target, as if the president himself were landing trick shots on his Twitch stream.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Just as they had in their original 2017 study, the researchers found that in every group they tested, people tended to be biased toward simple integer ratios of rhythm.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

In the mid-1990s mathematician Andrew Wiles was able to prove that if n > 2, this simple equation has no integer solutions for a, b or c.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2023

They found that birdsong and global music forms had the same types of timing components, integer ratios, which form the foundation of most melodies.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

In quantum mechanics, the forces or interactions between matter particles are all supposed to be carried by particles of integer spin—0, 1, or 2.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking