Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

number line

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English

Syllables: num-ber -line
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A line that graphically represents the real numbers as a series of points whose distance from an origin is proportional to their value

Inflected Forms

number lines (plural)

Synonyms

number ray

Questions

What does number line mean?: A line that graphically represents the real numbers as a series of points whose distance from an origin is proportional to their value

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