188 (one hundred
ndeighty-eight) is the
natural number
In mathematics, the natural numbers are those numbers used for counting (as in "there are ''six'' coins on the table") and ordering (as in "this is the ''third'' largest city in the country").
Numbers used for counting are called ''cardinal ...
following
187
Year 187 ( CLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 940 '' Ab urbe ...
and preceding
189
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 '' Ab urbe ...
.
In mathematics
There are 188 different four-element
semigroup
In mathematics, a semigroup is an algebraic structure consisting of a set together with an associative internal binary operation on it.
The binary operation of a semigroup is most often denoted multiplicatively: ''x''·''y'', or simply ''xy'', ...
s, and 188 ways a
chess queen
The queen (♕, ♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or , combining the powers of the rook and bishop. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle o ...
can move from one corner of a
board to the opposite corner by a path that always moves closer to its goal. The sides and diagonals of a
regular dodecagon
In geometry, a dodecagon or 12-gon is any twelve-sided polygon.
Regular dodecagon
A regular dodecagon is a figure with sides of the same length and internal angles of the same size. It has twelve lines of reflective symmetry and rotational sym ...
form 188
equilateral triangle
In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have the same length. In the familiar Euclidean geometry, an equilateral triangle is also equiangular; that is, all three internal angles are also congruent to each oth ...
s.
In other fields
The number 188 figures prominently in the film ''The Parallel Street'' (1962) by German
experimental film
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director . The opening frame of the film is just an image of this number.
See also
* The year
AD 188 or
188 BC
*
List of highways numbered 188
The following highways are numbered 188:
India
* State Highway 188 (Andhra Pradesh)
Japan
* Japan National Route 188
United States
* Alabama State Route 188
* Arizona State Route 188
* California State Route 188
* Connecticut Route 188
* Flori ...
*
References
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