whole number

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In response to a question about whether post-mortem examinations have been carried out, Mr Cammarano said: "There are a whole number of preliminary stages to go through before the autopsies."

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

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

A spread with a whole number, say, 2 points, opens the opportunity for what’s called a “push” if the winning margin ties.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 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