User:Dan Polansky/Number

Terms whose meanings contain the concept of whole positive number, also called natural number:

One, two, several, many:
 * one - mono-
 * two - di-
 * several, few - oligo-
 * many - poly-

Combined in names of:
 * polygon
 * polyhedron

First, second, third, etc.:
 * first
 * second
 * third
 * fourth
 * fifth
 * sixth
 * seventh
 * eighth

Onefold, twofold, threefold, etc.:
 * onefold
 * twofold
 * threefold
 * fourfold
 * fivefold
 * sixfold
 * sevenfold
 * eightfold
 * ninefold
 * tenfold

Unary, binary, ternary, etc; also used for arity of predicates and functions:
 * nullary (0)
 * unary (1)
 * binary (2)
 * ternary (3)

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:
 * dichotomy
 * trichotomy
 * polytomy

Monarchy, diarchy:
 * monarchy
 * diarchy
 * triarchy[verify]
 * tetrarchy (4)
 * dodecarchy (12)
 * oligarchy (several)
 * polyarchy (many)

Triumvirate, quadrumvirate:
 * 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:
 * pentagram (5)
 * hexagram (6)
 * heptagram (7)

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:
 * bipod (2)
 * tripod (3)
 * tetrapod (4)
 * hexapod (6)
 * octopod (8)
 * decapod (10)

Monologue, dialogue:
 * monologue (1)
 * dialogue, duologue (2)
 * trialogue (3)
 * tetralogue (4)
 * pentalogue (5)

Monism, dualist
 * monism (1)
 * dualism (2)
 * pluralism (many)

Monopoly, etc.
 * monopoly (1)
 * duopoly (2)
 * oligopoly (few, several)

Biped, quadruped
 * biped (2)
 * quadruped (4)

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 (*)