User:Dan Polansky/Number
Terms whose meanings contain the concept of whole positive number, also called natural number:
One, two, several, many:
| Number | Greek-based prefix |
C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | mono- | monad | monadic | monogon |
| two | di- | dyad | dyadic | digon |
| three | tri- | triad | triadic | trigon |
| four | tetra- | tetrad | tetradic | tetragon |
| five | penta- | pentad | pentadic | pentagon |
| six | hexa- | hexad | hexadic | hexagon |
| seven | hepta- | heptad | heptadic | heptagon |
| eight | octa- | octad | octagon | |
| nine | nona- | nonad | nonagon | |
| ten | deca- | decad | decagon | |
| eleven | undeca- | |||
| twelve | dodeca- | dodecagon | ||
| fifteen | quindeca- | quindecagon |
| Number | Latin-based prefix |
C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | - | solo | ||
| two | - | duo | double | doublet |
| three | - | trio | triple | triplet |
| four | - | quartet | quadruple | quadruplet |
| five | quin- | quintet | quintuple | quintuplet |
| six | sex- | sextet | sextuple | sextuplet |
| seven | - | septet | septuple | septuplet |
| eight | - | octet | octuple | octuplet |
| nine | - | nonet | ||
| ten | - | |||
| eleven | - | |||
| twelve | - |
Combined in names of:
- polygon
- polyhedron
First, second, third, etc.:
- first
- second
- third
- fourth
- fifth
- sixth
- seventh
- eighth
Onefold, twofold, threefold, etc.:
Unary, binary, ternary, etc; also used for arity of predicates and functions:
Arity of a predicate (also in the table above):
- niladic (0)
- monadic (1)
- dyadic (2)
- triadic (3)
- tetradic (4)
- pentadic (5)
- hexadic (6)
- heptadic (7)
- octadic (8)
- nonadic (9)
- decadic (10)
- polyadic (many)
Primary, secondary, etc:[verify]
- primary (1)
- secondary (2)
- tertiary (3)
- quaternary (4)
- quinary (5)
- senary (6)
- septenary (7)
- octonary (8)
- nonary (9)
- denary (10)
- duodenary (12)
- vigenary (20)
Numeral system:
- unary (1)
- binary (2)
- quaternary (4)
- quinary (5)
- senary (6)
- septenary (7)
- octal (8)
- nonary (9)
- decimal (10)
- duodecimal (12)
- tetradecima (14)
- pentadecimal (15)
- hexadecimal (16)
- octadecimal (18)
- vigesimal (20)
- hexavigesimal (26)
- sexadecimal (60)
Dichotomy, trichotomy:
Monarchy, diarchy:
- monarchy
- diarchy
- triarchy[verify]
- tetrarchy (4)
- dodecarchy (12)
- oligarchy (several)
- polyarchy (many)
Triumvirate, quadrumvirate:
Vicenarian, tricenarian, etc:
- vicenarian (20)
- tricenarian (30)
- quadragenarian
- quinquagenarian
- sexagenarian
- septuagenarian
- octogenarian
- nonagenarian
- centenarian
Dilogy, trilogy (series of books or films):
- dilogy (2)
- trilogy (3)
- tetralogy (4)
- pentalogy (5)
- hexalogy (6)
- heptalogy (7)
- octology (8)
- ennealogy (9)
- decalogy (10)
- polylogy (2+)
-gram:
Athletic compound activity:
- triathlon (3)
- pentathlon (5)
- decathlon (10)
Athlete:
- triathlete (3)
- pentathlete (5)
- decathlete (10)
Pentameter, hexameter, etc. (poetry):
- bimeter (2)
- trimeter (3)
- tetrameter (4)
- pentameter (5)
- hexameter (6)
Pentatonic, hexatonic (music):
- pentatonic (5)
- hexatonic (6)
- heptatonic (7)
- octatonic (8)
Pentomino, hexomino (see polyomino):
- tetromino (4)
- pentomino (5)
- hexomino (6)
- dodecomino (12)
Number of atoms:
- tetratomic (4)
- pentatomic (5)
- hexatomic (6)
-chord:
- tetrachord (4)
- hexachord (6)
-pod, number of legs or feet:
Monologue, dialogue:
- monologue (1)
- dialogue, duologue (2)
- trialogue (3)
- tetralogue (4)
- pentalogue (5)
Monism, dualist
Monopoly, etc.
Biped, quadruped
Quadrumana
- Bimana (2)
- Quadrumana (4)
Wheeled
- one-wheeled
- two-wheeled
- three-wheeled
- four-wheeled
- five-wheeled
- six-wheeled
- seven-wheeled
- eight-wheeled
- nine-wheeled
- ten-wheeled
- eleven-wheeled
- twelve-wheeled
- thirteen-wheeled
- fourteen-wheeled
- fifteen-wheeled
- sixteen-wheeled
- eighteen-wheeled
- twenty-wheeled
- twenty-one-wheeled
- twenty-two-wheeled
- twenty-three-wheeled
- twenty-four-wheeled
- twenty-five-wheeled
Number of synapses:
- monosynaptic (1)
- disynaptic (2)
- trisynaptic (3)
- polysynaptic (*)