Thesaurus results for WHOLE NUMBERS

whole numbers

noun

plural of whole number

as in numbers

a character used to represent a mathematical value since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers, the total will not be exactly equal to 100%

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Recent Examples of whole numbers Those customers have complained online about being unable to use AcuRite Now to rename multiple temperature sensors, difficulties uploading data to weather sites, and the app only reporting temperatures in whole numbers. —

Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 The question Price solved—or prompted ChatGPT to solve—concerns special sets of whole numbers, where no number in the set can be evenly divided by any other. —

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026 For instance, mathematicians know that most numbers are irrational, meaning that they can’t be written as a fraction of two whole numbers. —

Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025 Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers. —

Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025

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digits

Noun

In seven starts so far this year, Sasaki has yet to establish either the command or the velocity of his prestigious fastball that once sat triple digits in Japan.

— Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The feels-like temperatures will be in the upper 90s and triple-digits.

— Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 11 May 2026