46 is the natural number following 45 and preceding 47. Natural number can mean either a positive integer (1, 2, 3, 4, ...) or a non-negative integer (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...). Natural numbers have two main purposes: they can be used for counting (there are 3 apples on the table), or they can be used for ordering (this is... 45 is the natural number following 44 and followed by 46. ... 47 is the natural number following 46 and followed by 48. ...

List of numbers — Integers << 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 >> This is a list of articles about numbers. ... The integers consist of the positive natural numbers (1, 2, 3, …) the negative natural numbers (−1, −2, −3, ...) and the number zero. ... Cardinal thirty-nine Ordinal 39th (thirty-ninth) Factorization Roman numeral XXXIX Binary 100111 Hexadecimal 27 39 is the natural number following 38 and preceding 40. ... 40 is the natural number following 39 and preceding 41. ... 41 is the natural number following 40 and preceding 42. ... 42 is the natural number following 41 and followed by 43. ... 43 is the natural number following 42 and preceding 44. ... 44 is the natural number following 43 and preceding 45. ... 45 is the natural number following 44 and followed by 46. ... 47 is the natural number following 46 and followed by 48. ... 48 is the natural number following 47 and preceding 49. ... 49 is the natural number following 48 and preceding 50. ... 50 (fifty) is the number following 49 and preceding 51. ...
Cardinal	forty-six
Ordinal	46th (forty-sixth)
Factorization
Roman numeral	XLVI
Binary	101110
Hexadecimal	2E

In linguistics, cardinal numbers is the name given to number words that are used for quantity (one, two, three), as opposed to ordinal numbers, words that are used for order (first, second, third). ... Commonly, ordinal numbers, or ordinals for short, are numbers used to denote the position in an ordered sequence: first, second, third, fourth, etc. ... This article is about the mathematical concept. ... The system of Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, and was adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... The binary or base-two numeral system is a system for representing numbers in which a radix of two is used; that is, each digit in a binary numeral may have either of two different values. ... In mathematics, hexadecimal 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

Forty-six is a Wedderburn-Etherington number, an enneagonal number and a centered triangular number. A Wedderburn-Etherington number counts how many weakly binary trees can be constructed such that each graph vertex (not counting the root vertex) is adjacent to no more than three other such vertices, for a given number of nodes. ... A nonagonal number or enneagonal number is a figurate number that represents a nonagon. ... A centered triangular number is a centered figurate number that represents a triangle with a dot in the center and all other dots surrounding the center in successive triangular layers. ...

In science

• The atomic number of palladium
• The number of human chromosomes

In astronomy, The atomic number (Z) is a term used in chemistry and physics to represent the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom. ... This article describes the chemical element palladium. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... This article is about the biological chromosome. ... Astronomy (Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος, literally, law of the stars) is the science involving the observation and explanation of events occurring beyond the Earth and its atmosphere. ...

Messier object M46, a magnitude 6.5 open cluster in the constellation Puppis

The New General Catalogue object (http://www.ngcic.org/) NGC 46, a star in the constellation Pisces

The Saros number (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEsaros/SEsaros1-175.html) of the solar eclipse series which began on -1371 April 1 and ended on -91 May 8. The duration of Saros series 46 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses.

The Saros number (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaros1-175.html) of the lunar eclipse series which began on -1358 July 19 and ended on 12 October 8. The duration of Saros series 46 was 1370.5 years, and it contained 77 lunar eclipses.

Table of all 110 Messier objects. ... M46 may refer to: Messier Object 46, a rich star cluster discovered in 1771 The M46 Patton tank (circa 1949) A hypothetical new Motorway between the M1 and the M5 in the United Kingdom, roughly following the line of the A46 A four-speed gearbox (transmission) with electric overdrive from... 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 Pleiades, one of the most famous open clusters An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were born at the same time from a giant molecular cloud, and are still gravitationally bound to each other. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Categories: Astronomy stubs | Modern constellations | Constellations | Puppis constellation | Argo Navis constellation ... The New General Catalogue (NGC) is the most well-known catalogue of deep sky objects in amateur astronomy. ... The Pleiades star cluster A star is any massive gaseous body in outer space just like the Sun. ... In classical zoological taxonomy, Pisces is the scientific name of the superclass Pisces, which has been proven paraphyletic. ... 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 by John Walker during the Zambia 2001 eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth are on a single line with the Moon in the middle. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... An eclipse occurs whenever the Sun, Earth and Moon line up exactly. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... For other uses, see number 12. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ...

In other fields

Forty-six is also:

• The total of books in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible in the Catholic version if the Book of Lamentations is counted as a book separate from the Book of Jeremiah.
• In Psalm 46 in the King James Bible, the 46th word from the beginning is "shake" and the 46th word from the end is "spear", in reference to Shakespeare, who at the time the King James Bible came out was 46-years old.
• The code for international direct dial phone calls to Sweden.
• Carl Long's racecar number.
• Part of the title Forty-Six Lives, a translation by Henry Parker and Lord Morley of Boccaccio's play De claris mulieribus.
• The number of mountains in the 46 peaks of the Adirondak mountain range. People who have climbed all of them are called "forty-sixers"; there is also an unofficial 47th peak.
• The number of samurai, out of 47, who carried out the attack in the historical Ako vendetta; sometimes referred to as the 46 Ronins to discount the one samurai forced to turn back.
• In the title of the movie Code 46, starring Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton.
• The year AD 46, 46 BC, and 1946.
• Valentino Rossi's race number in the MotoGP motorcycle world championship.