Universal #1362

Legacy number: 1362

 Number  1358
 Original  If a serialized multiplicand is a factor in some product in which the multiplier is larger than the multiplicand, it is also a factor in some product in which it is smaller than the multiplicand.
 Standardized  In numeral systems, IF a serialized multiplicand is a factor in some product in which the multiplier is larger than the multiplicand, THEN it is also a factor in some product in which it is smaller than multiplicand.
 Keywords  numeral
 Domain  word formation
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a
 Source  Greenberg 1978a: 271 (#23)

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1. MULTIPLICAND = a quantity to be multiplied by another.2. MultiplieR = a quantity by which another is multiplied.3. There are decimal systems, e.g. Keres (isolate), in which, for example, 120 is [(10+2)x]10. However, in such cases numbers smaller than the base are also multipliers.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. MULTIPLICAND = a quantity to be multiplied by another.

2. MULTIPLIER = a quantity by which another is multiplied.

3. There are decimal systems, e.g. Keres (isolate), in which, for example, 120 is [(10+2)x]10. However, in such cases numbers smaller than the base are also multipliers.