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117 (one hundred [and] seventeen) is the natural number following 116 and preceding 118.
In mathematics
117 is the smallest possible length of the longest edge of an integer Heronian tetrahedron (a tetrahedron whose edge lengths, face areas and volume are all integers). Its other edge lengths are 51, 52, 53, 80 and 84. Buchholz Ralph Heiner
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117 is a pentagonal number.Figurate Numbers 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=ERS7CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 World Scientific 2012 9789814458535 Michel Deza Michel Deza Elena Deza Elena DezaA000326 Pentagonal numbers
In other fields
117 can be a substitute for the number 17, which is considered unlucky in Italy. When Renault exported the R17 to Italy, it was renamed R117.Number Freak: From 1 to 200- The Hidden Language of Numbers Revealed Derrick Niederman Penguin 2009 10 https://books.google.com/books?id=Oo7lZl3Ru6AC&pg=PA10 9781101135488.
In the Danish language the number 117 (da hundredesytten) is often used as a hyperbolic term to represent an arbitrary but large number.https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1679808/FULLTEXT01.pdf 'For the fifty-eleventh time': Examining cross-linguistic properties of hyperbolic numerals and quasi-numeral expressions through parallel text extraction Amanda Kann Stockholm University Department of Linguistics Spring 2022 Master's thesis 2022-08-11
See also
117 (disambiguation)
References
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