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

enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"

put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

a count of something, an abstract concept

a dramatic and provocative examination of how the concept of identity is affected by modern scientific advances-in this case, by cloning

a fixed size unlike the varchar he recommends

a mathematical abstraction

an abstraction to communicate the notion of distinction as observed by an individual

a schema for the extension of a concept

a very abstract concept

a very handy concept

a word or symbol used for counting or to say where something comes in a series

The number is the count of occurrences within a defined geographic area during a specified period of time. Numbers are used to determine the size of an occurrence in a particular location. Numbers, however, do not take the size of the population who could experience the occurrence into account. Therefore, numbers cannot show the probability of this occurring in the population. While numbers can compare the size of an occurrence within the same population group, numbers generally should not be used for comparisons, especially when comparison groups have differing population size or composition.