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whole number

noun as in digit

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

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In response to a question about whether post-mortem examinations have been carried out, Mr Cammarano said: "There are a whole number of preliminary stages to go through before the autopsies."

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Astronomical-difficulty scores, which are combined on each event with an execution score out of 10, allow Biles to win competitions by whole numbers as most of her peers fight for half-tenths.

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.”

The moment magnitude scale is logarithmic — that is, each whole number of magnitude represents about a 30-fold increase in energy released.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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