28 has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ adjective ] being eight more than twenty

Synonyms

xxviii twenty-eight

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

In March , 1931 , 22 out of 28 members of a committee of the Federal_Council_of_Churches ratified artificial methods of birth_control .

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

The most important aims of the Jewish students were as_follows : to make the world a better place to live in - 30 per_cent ; to get happiness for yourself - 28 per_cent ; and financial independence - 21 per_cent .

(The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)

It would have_to be covered with at_least 28 inches of pit-run gravel .

(Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)

In the budget message for 1959 , and again for 1960 , I recommended immediate repeal of section 601 of the Act of September 28 , 1951 ( 65 Stat. 365 ) .

Related terms

cardinal

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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one

Synonyms

twenty-eight XXVIII

Related terms

large_integer

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