consecutive numbers
Numbers in order
Consecutive numbers are integers that follow each other in sequence without gaps: 1, 2, 3 or 47, 48, 49.
The term extends to other ordered sequences—consecutive even numbers (2, 4, 6), consecutive primes (11, 13), consecutive months.
She won three consecutive championships.
The emphasis is on unbroken succession.
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- successionFollowing in order
- in a rowIn unbroken succession
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
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