whole number

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Magnitudes on the Richter scale are measured logarithmically, with each whole number increase representing ten times more in measured amplitude.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The latest national polling averages for the two candidates are shown below, rounded to the nearest whole number.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 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

“We think that electric vehicles can interact with the grid in a whole number of ways.”

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero all give you nonnegative squares, and those three possibilities cover the whole number line.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife