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Encyclopedia > 22 (number)
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22 (twenty-two) is the natural number following 21 and preceding 23. 20 (twenty) is the natural number following 19 and preceding 21. ... “II” redirects here. ... In mathematics, a natural number can mean either an element of the set {1, 2, 3, ...} (i. ... 21 (twenty-one) is the natural number following 20 and preceding 22. ... This article is about the number 23. ...

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. ... 20 (twenty) is the natural number following 19 and preceding 21. ... 21 (twenty-one) is the natural number following 20 and preceding 22. ... This article is about the number 23. ... 24 (twenty-four) is the natural number following 23 and preceding 25. ... 25 (twenty-five) is the natural number following 24 and preceding 26. ... 26 (twenty-six) is the natural number following 25 and preceding 27. ... 27 (twenty-seven) is the natural number following 26 and preceding 28. ... 28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29. ... 29 (twenty-nine) is the natural number following 28 and preceding 30. ... 30 (thirty) is the natural number following 29 and preceding 31. ...

List of numbersIntegers This is a list of articles about numbers (not about numerals). ... The integers are commonly denoted by the above symbol. ...

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 (zero) is both a number and a numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. ... 10 (ten) is an even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. ... 20 (twenty) is the natural number following 19 and preceding 21. ... 30 (thirty) is the natural number following 29 and preceding 31. ... 40 (forty) is the natural number following 39 and preceding 41. ... 50 (fifty) is the number following 49 and preceding 51. ... 60 (sixty) is the natural number following 59 and preceding 61. ... Look up seventy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 80 (eighty) is the natural number following 79 and preceding 81. ... 90 (ninety) is the natural number preceded by 89 and followed by 91. ... 100 (one hundred) (the Roman numeral is C for centum) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. ...

Cardinal 22
twenty-two
Ordinal 22nd
twenty-second
Factorization 2 cdot 11
Divisors 1, 2, 11, 22
Roman numeral XXII
Binary 10110
Hexadecimal 16

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Aleph-0, the smallest infinite cardinal In mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short, are a generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set. ... Commonly, ordinal numbers, or ordinals for short, are numbers used to denote the position in an ordered sequence: first, second, third, fourth, etc. ... In mathematics, factorization or factoring is the decomposition of an object (for example, a number, a polynomial, or a matrix) into a product of other objects, or factors, which when multiplied together give the original. ... In mathematics, a divisor of an integer n, also called a factor of n, is an integer which evenly divides n without leaving a remainder. ... The system of Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, and was adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... The binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, is a numeral system that represents numeric values using two symbols, usually 0 and 1. ... In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal, base-16, or simply hex, is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16, usually written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F, or a–f. ...

In mathematics

22 is the sixth discrete bi-prime and the fourth in the (2.q) family. With 21 it forms the second discrete bi-prime pair. 22 has an aliquot sum of 14 and is the fifth composite number found in the 7-aliquot tree. It has a 7- member aliquot sequence 22,14,10,8,7,1,0 of which the next two members are themselves discrete biprimes, 22 is the first discrete biprime exhibiting this property. 169 also has 14 as its aliquot sum. 22 is itself the aliquot sum of two numbers 20,38. A composite number is a positive integer which has a positive divisor other than one or itself. ... In mathematics, a divisor of an integer n, also called a factor of n, is an integer which evenly divides n without leaving a remainder. ... Look up one in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... “II” redirects here. ... 11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. ... This article is about the year 21. ... Events First year of tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty. ... In mathematics, an aliquot sequence is a recursive sequence which can be defined in the following way: if we write σ(n) = σ1(n) to be the divisor function normally, then, the aliquot sequence of k can be written: s0 = k sn = σ(sn−1) − sn−1 For example, the aliquot sequence... Gaius Sulpicius Galba becomes consul. ... Events First year of tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty. ... Events Differentiation of localized Teutonic tribes of the Irminones. ... For other uses, see 8 (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year 7. ... This article is about the year 1. ... (Redirected from 0) Zero redirects here. ... In mathematics, a semiprime (also called biprime or 2-almost prime) is a natural number that is the product of two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers. ... In mathematics, a semiprime (also called biprime or 2-almost prime) is a natural number that is the product of two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers. ... Second Marcomanni War begins. ... Events First year of tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty. ... Events Roman Empire Tiberias is built on the Sea of Galilee by Herod Antipas, in honour of Tiberius. ... For alternate uses, see Number 38. ...

A pentagonal number is a figurate number that represents a pentagon. ... A centered heptagonal number is a centered figurate number that represents a heptagon with a dot in the center and all other dots surrounding the center dot in successive heptagonal layers. ... The lazy caterers sequence tells the maximum number of pieces of a pancake (or a circle) that can be made with the minimum number of cuts. ... The first thousand values of φ(n) In number theory, the totient (n) of a positive integer n is defined to be the number of positive integers less than or equal to n and coprime to n. ... In mathematics, the Perrin numbers are defined by the recurrence relation P(0) = 3, P(1) = 0, P(2) = 2, and P(n) = P(n − 2) + P(n − 3) for n > 2. ... A Smith number is a number which in a given base, the sum of its digits is equal to the sum of the digits in its factorization. ...

In physics and chemistry

It has been suggested that List of elements by atomic number be merged into this article or section. ... General Name, Symbol, Number titanium, Ti, 22 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 4, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Standard atomic weight 47. ...

In astronomy

The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects catalogued by Charles Messier in his catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters first published in 1774. ... Globular Cluster M22 (also known as Messier Object 22, Messier 22, M22, or NGC 6656) is a globular cluster in the Sagittarius constellation. ... The apparent magnitude (m) of a star, planet or other heavenly body is a measure of its apparent brightness; that is, the amount of light received from the object. ... The Globular Cluster M80 in the constellation Scorpius is located about 28,000 light years from the Sun and contains hundreds of thousands of stars. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Sagittarius. ... The New General Catalogue (NGC) is the most well-known catalogue of deep sky objects in amateur astronomy. ... An example of a spiral galaxy, the Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101 or NGC 5457) A spiral galaxy is a type of galaxy in the Hubble sequence which is characterized by the following physical properties: A considerable total angular momentum Composed of a central bulge surrounded by a... Pegasus (IPA: ) is a northern constellation, named after the mythological winged horse Pegasus. ... A Saros cycle is a period of 6585 + 1/3 days (approximately 18 years 10 days and 8 hours) which can be used to predict eclipses of the sun and the moon. ... Photo taken during the 1999 eclipse. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (138th in leap years). ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... Time lapse movie of the 3 March 2007 lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earths shadow. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ...

In religion

  • There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet
  • There are 22 chapters of the Revelation of John Bible
  • In the Kabbalah, there are 22 paths between the sephiroth
  • The number of strophes in the 119th Psalm, each strophe containing eight verses, for a total of 176 verses in the Psalm. This is an alphabetic psalm in Hebrew; in the first strophe each verse begins with the Hebrew letter Aleph; in the second strophe each verse begins with Beth; and so on.

Note: This article contains special characters. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... // Kabbalah (Hebrew: , Tiberian: , Qabbālāh, Israeli: Kabala) literally means receiving, and is sometimes transliterated as Cabala, Kabbala, Qabalah, or other permutations. ... Sephirah, also Sefirah (Hebrew language סְפִירָה Enumeration); plural Sephiroth or Sefiroth סְפִירוֹת. In the Kabbalah, the Sephiroth (or Enumerations) are the ten emanations of God (or infinite light: Ain Soph Aur) into the universe. ... Strophe (Greek στροφή, turn, bend, twist, see also phrase) is a term in versification which properly means a turn, as from one foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other. ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ... Verse is a writing that uses meter as its primary organisational mode, as opposed to prose, which uses grammatical and discoursal units like sentences and paragraphs. ... The word Hebrew most likely means to cross over, referring to the Semitic people crossing over the Euphrates River. ... is the reconstructed name of the first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, continued in descended Semitic alphabets as Phoenician , Syriac , Hebrew Aleph , and Arabic . Aleph originally represented the glottal stop (IPA ), usually transliterated as , a symbol based on the Greek spiritus lenis , for example in the transliteration of the... The word Beth may refer to: Beth (letter), the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic, and Phoenician Beth numbers, a sequence of infinite cardinal numbers named for the Hebrew letter Beth (Hebrew), a combining form meaning house of, from which the letter derived Beth is a...

In numerology

  • The number 22 is significant in many systems of numerology, often called the Master Builder or Spiritual Master in Form. This 'master number' includes all the attributes of the number 2, twice over, and also those of the 4. People who are 22s are said to find themselves feeling as if they live in two worlds, one which is overwhelmed by the mundane, and the other by the fantastic.
  • In the divinatory Tarot, there are 22 major arcana cards. These cards are numbered 0-21, so it is a matter of interpretation whether The Fool or The World is card number 22. The latter card is almost always associated with hard workers, a red-gold colour, and a rose-gold gemstone. Interestingly, the digital root of the 22 is the 4, which is the number of hard work.

Numerology is any of many systems, traditions or beliefs in a mystical or esoteric relationship between numbers and physical objects or living things. ... The Master Builder (Norwegian: Bygmester Solness) is a play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. ... Visconti-Sforza tarot deck - The Devil card is a XX Century remake of the card missing from the original XV Century Deck The tarot is a set of cards featuring 21 trump cards and a special card called The Fool, in addition to the usual suit (face and pip) cards... The Major Arcana (Trumps Major, Major Trumps) of the Tarot deck consists of 22 cards. ... The Fool (Zero) The Fool is a Major Arcana Tarot card. ... The World (XXI) The World (XXI) is a trump card in the tarot deck. ... A selection of gemstone pebbles made by tumbling rough rock with abrasive grit, in a rotating drum. ... It has been suggested that Repeated digital sum be merged into this article or section. ...

In sports

  • The number of players in a rugby union squad for international and other top-level matches. Seven of the players are "on the bench", ready to play as replacements or substitutes.
  • Also in rugby, the "22" is the line dividing the field into quarters, which has significance in a number of laws particularly relating to kicking the ball away. It is 22 metres from the try line.
  • The number of players on the field in a soccer match
  • The number of players on the field at any one time in an American football match
  • The jersey number of retired NFL running back Emmitt Smith and retired NFL running back Mercury Morris.
  • The retired jersey number of NBA players Clyde Drexler, Elgin Baylor and Dave DeBusschere
  • The jersey number of former Syracuse lacrosse stars Gary Gait, Charlie Lockwood, Ryan Powell, Casey Powell, and Mike Powell.
  • The jersey number of Brazilian soccer player Kaká of the club AC Milan.
  • MLB pitchers Mark Prior, Brad Radke and Roger Clemens wear the number 22, and Hall of Famer Jim Palmer also wore the number.
  • The length of a cricket pitch is 22 yards.
  • The jersey number of Dino Ciccarelli, retired NHL player.

A rugby union scrum. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is a former American football player, who played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. ... Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former National Basketball Association shooting guard. ... Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is an American former basketball forward. ... David Albert DeBusschere (October 16, 1940 - May 14, 2003) was a professional basketball player born in Detroit, Michigan. ... Gary C. Gait (b. ... Ryan Powell (born February 23, 1978), is an US lacrosse player from West Carthage, New York. ... Casey Powell is a lacrosse player in the US. He current a member of the US national team as it prepares for the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. ... Michael Mikey Powell (born October 29, 1982) is an American lacrosse player. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Kaka, please see kaka (disambiguation). ... AC Milan is an Italian football club. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... Mark William Prior (born September 7, 1980 in San Diego, California, USA) is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Iowa Cubs, the Class AAA affiliate of Major League Baseballs Chicago Cubs. ... Brad Radke (born October 27, 1972), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. ... William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962, in Dayton, Ohio), nicknamed The Rocket, is a starting pitcher in the New York Yankees organization, and is one of the preeminent Major League baseball pitchers of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. ... James Alvin Palmer (born October 15, 1945 in New York, NY), best known as Jim Palmer and nicknamed Cakes, is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1984). ... Dino Ciccarelli (born on 8 February 1960 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) was a professional hockey player. ...

In music

  • The name of a song by punk band Millencolin
  • The underground-produced song, "twenty-2", which has continued to gain popularity since its debut release on Halloween 2005. Its meaning remains unexplained
  • In Rick Ross' song "Hustlin'", he rhymes "22" with itself 7 times.
  • In Jay-Z's song "22 Two's", he rhymes the words: too, to and two, 22 times in the first verse.
  • Iron Maiden has a song named 22 Acasia Avenue.

Millencolin is originally a skate punk band that was formed in October of 1992 by Erik Ohlsson, Mathias Färm and Nikola Sarcevic in Örebro, Sweden. ... William Roberts (born February 8, 1977 in Carol City, Florida, USA), better known by his stage name Rick Ross (alternate form Rick Ro$$), is a rapper from Carol City in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rick Ross (rapper). ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...

In journalism, literature, film and television

  • Catch-22, the 1961 novel (and its 1970 film version) by Joseph Heller, which consequently gave rise to the expression "catch 22"
  • Twenty-Two, Season 2–episode 17 (February 10, 1961) of the 1959-64 TV series The Twilight Zone in which a hospitalized dancer has nightmares about a sinister nurse inviting her to Room 22, the hospital morgue.
  • Revista 22, a magazine published in Romania
  • The typical (minimum) number of episodes in a season for a television program broadcast on a major American network is 22.

Catch 22 can refer to: A book by Joseph Heller, or the movie based on the book; see Catch-22. ... Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American satirical novelist and playwright. ... Catch 22 has become a term, inspired by Joseph Hellers novel Catch-22, describing a general situation in which A must have been preceded by B, and B must have been preceded by A. Symbolically, (~B => ~A) & (~A => ~B) where either A or B must come into being first. ... 22 (twenty-two) is the natural number following 21 and preceding 23. ... The Twilight Zone title. ... Revista 22 (22 Magazine) is a Romanian weekly magazine, issued by the Group for Social Dialogue and focused mainly on politics and culture. ...

In weights and measures

A yard (abbreviation: yd) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... As a unit of measurement within the Imperial system, the chain (surveyors chain, Gunters chain) is defined as 22 yards, 66 feet, or four rods. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ...

In computing

Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two computers. ...

In photography

A 35mm lens set to f/11, as indicated by the white dot above the f-stop scale on the aperture ring In photography the f-number (focal ratio) expresses the diameter of the diaphragm aperture in terms of the effective focal length of the lens. ... a big (1) and a small (2) aperture For other uses, see Aperture (disambiguation). ... The single-lens reflex (SLR) is a type of camera that uses a movable mirror placed between the lens and the film to project the image seen through the lens to a matte focusing screen. ...

In politics

  • The central number in the numerologically-based political platform of fringe U.S. Presidential candidate Love 22

Love 22 (born Lawrence Wagner) is the perennial Independent Greenback Rhode Island gubernatorial and U.S. Presidential candidate and street entertainer who folds $22 bills into origami shapes and uses 22 numerology at Sunset Celebration in Key West, Florida. ...

In jargon

  • In French, "22" is used as a phrase to warn of the coming of the police (typically "22, v'là les flics !", "22, here come the cops!")

See also

http://www.webspawner.com/users/cosmic/ (22) Chaldean numerology.... Catch-22 is a post-modernist satirical novel by Joseph Heller published in 1961. ... Synchronicity is a word that Swiss psychologist Carl Jung used to describe the temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
22 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (557 words)
Twenty-two is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2 and 11.
The number 22 is significant in many systems of numerology, often called the Master Builder or Spiritual Master in Form.
In the Kabbalah, the number of paths between the sephiroth.
24 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (822 words)
It is the factorial of 4 and a composite number, the smallest number with exactly eight divisors, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12, making it a highly composite number.
Further, the Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -2049 September 6 and ended on -516 March 14.
In Brazil, the number 24 holds a strong popular association with homosexuality, as there is a popular betting game, the Jogo do Bicho (Animal Game) in which 24 is the "deer" number.
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