| VNTR | variable number of tandem repeats; variable copy number tandem repeats |
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| at | no atomic number |
| BHN | bephenium hydroxynaphthoate; Brinell hardness number |
| CAS-REGN | Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number |
| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
| MPN | Most Probable Number |
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| MUNE | Motor unit number estimate |
| MUNE | Motor unit number estimation |
| N | Number |
| NCT | Number Connection Test |
| number | 1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. "If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered." (Gen. Xiii. 16) 2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. "He was numbered with the transgressors." (Is. Liii. 12) 3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building. 4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand. "Thy tears can not number the dead." (Campbell) Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc. Synonym: To count, enumerate, calculate, tell. Origin: OE. Nombren, noumbren, F. Nombrer, fr. L. Numerare, numeratum. See Number. 1. That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures. 2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many. "Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers." (Addison) 3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door. 4. Numerousness; multitude. "Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage." (Bacon) 5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable. "Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of number." (2 Esdras III. 7) 6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things. 7. That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; chiefly used in the plural. "I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came." (Pope) 8. The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one. 9. <mathematics> The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value. Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc. See Abstract, Abundant, etc. In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers. Origin: OE. Nombre, F. Nombre, L. Numerus; akin to Gr. That which is dealt out, fr. To deal out, distribute. See Numb, Nomad, and cf. Numerate, Numero, Numerous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| atomic number | <chemistry> Symbol Z. The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom and also its characteristic atomic number. The atomic numbers of the known elements form a complete series from 1 (hydrogen) to 103 (lawrencium). (16 Dec 1997) |
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| Avogadro's number | <physics> The number of molecules in a mole (gram molecular weight) of a substance, equals 6.02 x 1023 molecules. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Brinell hardness number | A number related to the size of the permanent impression made by a ball indenter of specified size (usually 10 mm in diameter) pressed into the surface of the material under a specified load: where P = applied load in kg, D = diameter of the ball in mm, and d = diameter of the impression in mm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| burst number | The number of viral particles that emerge from a cell after a viralinfection has burst it open. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Mach number | A number representing the ratio between the speed of an object moving through a fluid medium, such as air, and the speed of sound in the same medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| magnetic mach number | <physics> A dimensionless number equal to the ratio of the velocity of a fluid to the velocity of Alfven waves in that fluid. (13 Nov 1997) |
| mass number | The mass of the atom of a particular isotope relative to hydrogen-1 (or to 1/12 the mass of carbon-12), generally very close to the whole number represented by the sum of the protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus of the isotope (indicated in the name or symbol of the isotope; e.g., oxygen-16, 16O); not to be confused with the atomic weight of an element, which may include a number of isotopes in natural proportion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reichert-Meissl number | An index of the volatile acid content of a fat; the number of milliliters of 0.1 n KOH required to neutralise the soluble volatile fatty acids in 5 g of fat that has been saponified, acidified to liberate the fatty acids, and then steam-distilled. Synonym: volatile fatty acid number. (05 Mar 2000) |
| volatile fatty acid number | An index of the volatile acid content of a fat; the number of milliliters of 0.1 n KOH required to neutralise the soluble volatile fatty acids in 5 g of fat that has been saponified, acidified to liberate the fatty acids, and then steam-distilled. Synonym: volatile fatty acid number. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gold number | A unit of power of the protective colloids; the number of milligrams of protective colloid just sufficient to prevent the precipitation of 10 ml of a 0.0053 to 0.0058% gold solution by the action of 1 ml of a 10% sodium chloride solution. Synonym: gold number. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reynolds number | A dimensionless number that describes the tendency for a flowing fluid, such as blood, to change from laminar flow to turbulent flow or vice versa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reynold's number | <physiology> A constant without dimensions that relates the inertial and viscous drag acting to hinder a body moving through fluid medium. For cells the Reynold's number is very small, viscous drag is dominant and inertial resistance can be neglected. (18 Nov 1997) |
| MIM number | The catalog assignment for a mendelian trait in the MIM system. If the initial digit is 1, the trait is deemed autosomal dominant; if 2, autosomal recessive; if 3, then X-linked. Wherever a trait defined in this dictionary has a MIM number the number from the tenth edition of MIM is given in square brackets with or without an asterisk as appropriate e.g., Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease is a well-established, autosomal, dominant, mendelian disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wave number | <microscopy> The number of waves or cycles of light flux or radiant energy, measured through a distance of 1 cm. (05 Aug 1998) |
| writhing number | <molecular biology> The number of times the axis of a DNA helix crosses itself while the molecule is in the process of supercoiling. (09 Oct 1997) |
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the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" act: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" phone number: the number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number" numeral: a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" total: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis" issue: one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die" the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number" count: put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" count: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" place a limit on the number of a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"
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Number in linguistics is a grammatical category that can affects lexemes such as nouns, adjectives, pronouns and verbs. For nouns and pronouns, number specifies – to some degree of accuracy – the quantity of instances of the referent (e.g. one instance = cat; many instances = cats). For verbs the number usually refers to the quantity of a linked noun or pronoun (usually the subject of the verb). ...
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The group of four letters assigned to every merchant ship for identification purposes.
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Light, Color and Tone combine as one to produce the Principle of Number that brings lifesparks together for countless combinations, ready to be acted upon.
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A synonym for the AppleScript value classes Integer and Real.
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| number | an item of merchandise offered for sale |
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| number | (informal) a clothing measurement |
| number | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals |
| number | the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural) |
| number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification |
| number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone |
| number | one of a series published periodically |
| number | a symbol used to represent a number |
| number | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program |
| number | a select company of people |
| number | a concept of quantity derived from zero and units |
| number | place a limit on the number of |
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