Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sociable number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: so-cia-ble num-ber
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a sequence of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the next number in the sequence; in the case of the last number of the sequence, the sum of the divisors, excluding that number, is equal to the first number of the sequence.

Example Sentences

"The numbers in the sequence are sociable numbers."

Inflected Forms

sociable numbers (plural)

Phrases

abundant number amicable numbers deficient number perfect number

Frequently Paired Words

abundant number amicable numbers deficient number perfect number

Questions

What does sociable number mean?: Any of a sequence of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the next number in the sequence; in the case of the last number of the sequence, the sum of the divisors, excluding that number, is equal to the first number of the sequence.

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