non-integer
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non-integer (plural non-integers)
A number that is not an integer.
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As written, the formula is not valid for non-integer powers n. However, there are generalizations of this formula valid for other exponents.
Although it is impossible to visualize a non-integer number of “failures”, we can still formally define the distribution through its probability mass function.
An inharmonic frequency is a non-integer multiple of a fundamental frequency.
A standing wave like this can have 0,1,2, or any integer number of wavelengths around the circle, but it cannot have a non-integer number of wavelengths like 8.3.
Extension of factorial to non-integer values of argument The Gamma and Pi functions main The factorial function, generalized to all real numbers except negative integers.
Intuitively, arithmetic coding can offer better compression than Huffman coding because its "code words" can have effectively non-integer bit lengths, whereas code words in Huffman coding can only have an integer number of bits.