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  2. 24 (number) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics. 24 is an even composite number, a highly composite number, an abundant number, a practical number, a congruent congruent number. An icositetragon is a regular polygon with 24 sides. The tesseract has 24 two-dimensional faces (which are all squares). 24 is the kissing number in 4-dimensional space.

  3. Chinese numerology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese numerology. Some numbers are believed by some to be auspicious or lucky (吉利, pinyin: jílì; Cantonese Yale: gātleih) or inauspicious or unlucky (不吉, pinyin: bùjí; Cantonese Yale: bātgāt) based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to. The numbers 6 and 8 are widely considered to be lucky, while 4 is considered ...

  4. Biblical numerology - Wikipedia

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    Biblical numerology is the use of numerology in the Bible to convey a meaning outside of the ... to Chronicles. 2 Samuel 24:9 gives the number of David's men at ...

  5. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    Explicitly state the number of significant figures (the abbreviation s.f. is sometimes used): For example "20 000 to 2 s.f." or "20 000 (2 sf)". State the expected variability (precision) explicitly with a plus–minus sign, as in 20 000 ± 1%. This also allows specifying a range of precision in-between powers of ten.

  6. Jogo do bicho - Wikipedia

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    In the game, 24 is the number given to the deer (veado in Portuguese), an animal that has long been pejoratively associated with gay men (insulted as viados). [19] [20] The jersey number 24 is heavily avoided by male Brazilian athletes, with rare exceptions. Football players, for example, usually reject this number for their jerseys, and may ...

  7. Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia

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    The number seven was apparently the Egyptian symbol of such ideas as perfection, effectiveness, and completeness. ... "Meaning in Many: ... ed., page 24–27 ...

  8. Number - Wikipedia

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    A number is a mathematical object used to ... numbers have cultural significance throughout the world. ... [22] Georg Cantor, [23] and Richard Dedekind [24] was ...

  9. 12 (number) - Wikipedia

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    The second perfect number, 28, is the arithmetic mean of the twelve divisors of the fourth harmonic divisor number, 140 (like 6, and 28), which generates an integer harmonic mean of 5. [23] [24] [25] If an odd perfect number is not divisible by 3, it will have at least twelve distinct prime factors. [26]