number line

picture of a graduated straight line that serves as abstraction for real numbers; coordinate system in one-dimensional space
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number line
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number line

Summary

number line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • number line's depicts is recorded as real line[2].
  • number line is a type of one-dimensional space[3].
  • number line is a type of coordinate system[4].
  • number line's Commons category is recorded as Number lines[5].
  • number line's said to be the same as is recorded as real line[6].
  • number line comprises coordinate origin[7].
  • number line comprises Euclidean vector[8].
  • number line comprises scale[9].
  • number line comprises set of positive real numbers[10].
  • number line comprises set of negative real numbers[11].
  • number line's different from is recorded as line[12].
  • number line's different from is recorded as real line[13].
  • number line's different from is recorded as Q1307734[14].
  • number line's different from is recorded as Euclidean line[15].
  • number line's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include one-dimensional space[3] and coordinate system[4].

Use and Application

Components include coordinate origin[7], a point[17]; Euclidean vector[8], a geometric concept[18]; scale[9]; set of positive real numbers[10]; and set of negative real numbers[11].

Why It Matters

number line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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