number line

noun

: a line of infinite extent whose points correspond to the real numbers according to their distance in a positive or negative direction from a point arbitrarily taken as zero

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Now studies show that the concept of zero is processed in similar ways to many numbers and can be situated along a mental number line. —

Michaela Maya-Mrschtik, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024 No longer a placeholder, the digit acquired a value and found its place on the number line, before 1. —

Quanta Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024 For example, the set {2, 4, 8, 16, …}, in which each number doubles the one before it, is so spread out along the number line that it’s said to make up 0 percent of the whole numbers. —

Leila Sloman, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2024 Predicting exactly where the next prime will show up on the number line is challenging, but describing the cumulative abundance of primes over large intervals is surprisingly straightforward. —

Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for number line