Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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CLASS I SECTION V. 3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER

100a. [Less than one.] Fraction -- N. fraction, fractional part; part &c 51.

101. Zero -- N. zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts [G.] , nixie [Slang] , nix [Slang] ; zilch [Slang] , zip [Slang] , zippo [Slang] ; not a soul; ame qui vive [Fr.] ; absence &c 187; unsubstantiality &c 4 [Obs.].

102. Multitude -- N. multitude; numerous &c adj.; numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion &c (plenty) 639; legion, host; great number, large number, round number, enormous number; a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy; scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest; crowd &c (assemblage) 72; lots; all in the world and his wife.

103. Fewness -- N. fewness &c adj.; paucity, small number; small quantity &c 32; rarity; infrequency &c 137; handful, maniple; minority; exiguity.

104. Repetition -- N. repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm &c 138; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy.

105. Infinity -- N. infinity, infinitude, infiniteness &c adj.; perpetuity &c 112; boundlessness.