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numberness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being a number.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Richard Spuler, From Here to There [...] free-fallers falling less than freely into (predetermined?) places, confirming the grandness of grand, the heaviness of heavy, the truthfulness of lies, the numberness of numbers.

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noun

Meaning 2

Competence in working with numbers and arithmetic; numeracy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: education

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Cardinality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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History

Etymology

From number + -ness.