Dual vs. Number — What's the Difference?

Consisting of two parts, elements, or aspects

A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The original examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth.

(of a theorem, expression, etc.) related to another by the interchange of particular pairs of terms, such as ‘point’ and ‘line’.

A member of the set of positive integers; one of a series of symbols of unique meaning in a fixed order that can be derived by counting.

A dual form of a word.

A member of any of the following sets of mathematical objects

A theorem, expression, etc., that is dual to another.

Numbers Arithmetic.

Convert (a road) into a dual carriageway

A symbol or word used to represent a number.

Composed of two usually like or complementary parts; double

A numeral or a series of numerals used for reference or identification

Having a double character or purpose

A position in an ordered sequence that corresponds to one of the positive integers

(Grammar) Of, relating to, or being a number category that indicates two persons or things, as in Greek, Sanskrit, and Old English.

One item in a group or series considered to be in numerical order

The dual number.

A total; a sum

An inflected form of a noun, adjective, pronoun, or verb used with two items or people.

An indefinite quantity of units or individuals

Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.

A large quantity; a multitude

Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.

Numerical superiority

(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.

(Grammar) The indication, as by inflection, of the singularity, duality, or plurality of a linguistic form.

Exhibiting duality.

Metrical feet or lines; verses

(linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).

(Obsolete) Poetic meter.

(category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.

Numbers(Archaic) Musical periods or measures.

Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.

Numbers (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games A numbers game.

(geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.

Numbers (used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

(grammar) The dual number.

One of the separate offerings in a program of music or other entertainment

(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.

(Slang) A frequently repeated, characteristic speech, argument, or performance

(transitive) To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway.

(Slang) A person or thing singled out for a particular characteristic

Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.

To assign a number to or mark with a number

Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs;

To determine the number or amount of; count

Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities;

To total in number or amount; add up to

A grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural);

To include in a group or category

To limit or restrict in number

To call off numbers; count

To have as a total; amount to a number

(countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

(countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.

An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.

(Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

Quantity.

A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.

A telephone number.

(grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.

(countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.

A person.

An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.

A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.

(dated) An issue of a periodical publication.

A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.

A large amount of damage

(transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

(intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.

A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.

A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.

Numerousness; multitude.

The state or quality of being numerable or countable.

Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.

That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; - chiefly used in the plural.

The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.

The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.

To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.

To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.

To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.

To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.

The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals;

A concept of quantity derived from zero and units;

A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;

A numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification;

The number is used in calling a particular telephone;

A symbol used to represent a number;

One of a series published periodically;

A select company of people;

The grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural);

An item of merchandise offered for sale;

A clothing measurement;

Add up in number or quantity;

Give numbers to;

Enumerate;

Put into a group;

Determine the number or amount of;

Place a limit on the number of