natural number

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Noun

natural number (plural natural numbers)

1. (mathematics) A positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}.
2. (mathematics) A non-negative integer {0, 1, 2, ...}.
   • 2007, Mark Bridger, REAL ANALYSIS: A Constructive Approach, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, page 3:

     A careful derivation of the arithmetic properties of the natural numbers ${\displaystyle \mathbb {N} }$, using induction, was done by G. Peano (1858–1932). It is a lot of fun, but we will not pursue any of it here.

Translations

positive integer or non-negative integer

Arabic: عدد طبيعي (ʕadad ṭabīʕī) Armenian: բնական թիվ (bnakan tʻiv) Basque: zenbaki arrunt Chinese: Mandarin: 自然數 / 自然数 (zh) (zìránshù) Czech: přirozené číslo (cs) n Danish: naturligt tal Dutch: natuurlijk getal (nl) n, naturligt tal n pl Finnish: luonnollinen luku (fi) French: entier naturel (fr) m, nombre naturel (fr) m, nombre entier naturel (fr) m Galician: número natural (gl) m Georgian: ბუნებრივი რიცხვი (bunebrivi ricxvi) German: natürliche Zahl (de) Greek: φυσικός αριθμός (el) m (fysikós arithmós) Hebrew: מספר טבעי (he) m (mispár tiv'í) Hindi: धन पूर्ण संख्या (dhan pūrṇ saṅkhyā), धन पूर्णांक (dhan pūrṇāṅk), प्राकृतिक संख्या (prākŕtik saṅkhyā), प्राकृत संख्या (prākŕt saṅkhyā) Hungarian: természetes szám (hu) Icelandic: náttúrleg tala f Indonesian: bilangan asli (id) Italian: numero naturale (it) m Japanese: 自然数 (ja) (shizensū) Korean: 자연수 (ko) (jayeonsu) Macedonian: природен број m (priroden broj) Malayalam: എണ്ണൽ സംഖ്യ (eṇṇal saṅkhya) Maori: tau tatau Persian: شماره‌ی طبیعی (šomâre-ye tabi'i), عدد طبیعی ('adad-e tabi'i) Polish: liczba naturalna (pl) f Portuguese: número natural (pt) m Russian: натура́льное число́ (ru) n (naturálʹnoje čisló) Spanish: número natural (es) m, número entero no negativo m, entero no negativo m Swedish: naturligt tal (sv) n Tagalog: bilang na likas

(only) positive integer

Arabic: عَدَد طَبِيعِيّ m (ʕadad ṭabīʕiyy) Czech: přirozené číslo (cs) n Danish: positivt heltal (da) Esperanto: natura nombro (eo) Finnish: positiivinen kokonaisluku French: entier naturel (fr) m Japanese: 自然数 (ja) (shizensū) (commonly), 正数 (ja) (seisū) Persian: عدد طبیعی Polish: liczba całkowita dodatnia f Spanish: número entero positivo m, entero positivo m Tagalog: bilang na panalatag Turkish: doğal sayı (tr)

(only) non-negative integer

Danish: ikke-negativt heltal (da) Finnish: ei-negatiivinen kokonaisluku Japanese: 自然数 (ja) (shizensū) (occasionally), 非負数 (hifusū) (strictly) Polish: liczba całkowita nieujemna f Spanish: número entero no negativo m, entero no negativo m Tagalog: bilang na likas Turkish: sayma sayısı (tr)

See also

• counting number
• integer
• natural numbers
• number
• whole number