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CONCRETE NUMBER

\kˈɒŋkɹiːt nˈʌmbə], \kˈɒŋkɹiːt nˈʌmbə], \k_ˈɒ_ŋ_k_ɹ_iː_t n_ˈʌ_m_b_ə]\

Definitions of CONCRETE NUMBER

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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[L.] Numbers are said to be concrete when the units of which they are composed have a particular name; as seventeen men, twenty-five apples, etc.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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