numbers' : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: numbers'	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for numbers'
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Numbers \Num"bers\, n. pl. of {Number}. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sexagesimal \Sex`ages"imal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag[82]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. {Sexagesimal fractions} [or] {numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, [frac1x60], [frac1x3600], [frac1x216000]; -- called also {astronomical fractions}, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations. {Sexagesimal}, [or] {Sexagenary}, {arithmetic}, the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties. {Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), the sexagenary scale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commensurable \Commen"surable\, a. [L. commensurabilis; pref. com- + mensurable. See {Commensurate}, and cf. {Commeasurable}.] Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- {Commen"surable*ness}, n. {Commensurable numbers} [or] {quantities} (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. {Numbers}, [or] {Quantities}, {commensurable in power}, those whose squares are commensurable.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
numbers n. [scientific computation] Output of a computation that may not be significant results but at least indicate that the program is running. May be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. `Making numbers' means running a program because output -- any output, not necessarily meaningful output -- is needed as a demonstration of progress. See {pretty pictures}, {math-out}, {social science number}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
numbers (Scientific computation) Output from a computation that may not be significant but at least indicates that the program is running. Numbers may be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. "Making numbers" means running a program because output - any output, not necessarily meaningful output - is needed as a demonstration of progress. See {pretty pictures}, {math-out}, {social science number}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-13)