whole number

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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

The moment magnitude scale is logarithmic — that is, each whole number of magnitude represents about a 30-fold increase in energy released.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 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

Positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero all give you nonnegative squares, and those three possibilities cover the whole number line.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife