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Definition: One |
OneAdjective1. Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish". 2. Particular but unspecified; "early one evening". 3. Being one in number--a single unit or thing; "one person is going"; "her one thought was to win"; "I'm just one player on the team"; "one day is just like the next"; "seen one horse and you've seen them all". 4. Being the single appropriate individual of a kind; only; "the one horse that could win this race"; "the one person I could marry". 5. Having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice". 6. Of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species". 7. Used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog". 8. Indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another". 9. Being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution". 10. : eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art". Noun1. The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one". 2. A single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "one" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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To help compare different orders of magnitude masses between 1 and 10 kilograms are listed here. See also masses of other orders of magnitude.
- lighter masses
- 2-6 kg -- a newborn baby
- 4.0 kg -- women's shotput
- 5-9 kg -- a pizote
- 7.3 kg -- men's shotput
- heavier masses
External link
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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists areas between 1 m² and 10 m². See also areas of other orders of magnitude.
See also: Orders of magnitude
- Areas smaller than 1 m²
- 1.0 m² is equal to:
- 10.76 square feet
- Area of square with 1 m side
- Surface area of a sphere with 28 cm radius
- 3.6 m² -- Area of shotput starting circle
- Areas larger than 10 m²
External link
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To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 100 seconds and 101 seconds (1 to 10 seconds). See also times of other orders of magnitude
- Shorter times
- 1 second -- the second is the metric standard unit for time
- 1.2096 seconds -- a VMS microfortnight
- 1.26 seconds -- approximate time it takes light to travel between earth and the moon
- 9.78 seconds -- World record for the men's 100m event (2002)
- Longer times
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To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 101 seconds and 102 seconds (10 to 100 seconds). See also times of other orders of magnitude.
- times shorter than 10 seconds
- 27 seconds -- half life of dubnium-261
- 30 seconds -- half life of seaborgium-266
- 34 seconds -- half life of dubnium-262
- 60 seconds = one minute
- 61 seconds -- half life of rutherfordium-261
- 100 seconds = 1 minute 40 seconds
- times longer than 100 seconds
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To help compare different orders of magnitude we list here energies between 10-19 joules and 10-18 joules (0.62 and 6.2 eV).
- Weaker energies
- 1.602 × 10-19 J -- 1 eV
- 1.602 × 10-19 J -- Average kinetic energy of a molecule at 11300 ° C
- 2.7 - 5.2 × 10-19 J -- Range of energy of photons of visible light
- Stronger energies
External link
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To help compare different orders of magnitude we list here masses between 10-3 and 10-2 kg (1 and 10 gram). See also masses of other orders of magnitude.
See also: conversion of units
- lighter masses
- 0.001 kg = 1 gram
- At 4 °C, 1 gram of water occupies 1 millilitre (equal to 1 cubic centimetre) of space
- United States coins are all in this range - dime is ~1.5g, quarter ~7g - most other nations will be in this order or the adjacent 2 orders
- heavier masses
External links
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simple:OneOne (1) is the natural number following zero and preceding two. It represents a single entity. One is sometimes referred to as unity. The Roman numeral for one is I.
For any number x:
Using ordinary addition, we have 1+1=2; depending on the interpretation of the symbol "+" and the numeral system used, the expression can have many different values, listed at One_plus_one.
- x·1 = 1·x = x (see Multiplication);
- x/1 = x (see Division);
- x1 = x and 1x = 1 (see Exponentiation).
One cannot be used as the base of a positional numeral system in the ordinary way. Sometimes tallying is referred to as "base 1", since only one mark (the tally) is needed, but this doesn't work in the same way as other positional numeral systems. Related to this, one cannot take logarithms with base 1 (same as one cannot divide by zero, since logn x is loge x / loge n, and log 1 = 0).
In the Von Neumann representation of natural numbers, 1 is defined as the set {0}. This set has cardinality 1 and hereditary rank 1. Sets like this with a single element are called singletonss.
In a multiplicative group or monoid, the identity element is sometimes called 1, but e is more traditional. However, 1 is especially common for the multiplicative identity of a ring.
One is not always thought of as a number, although (unlike zero) it has been accepted as such since antiquity. Reflecting this, many languages retain a distinction between singular and plural forms of a noun, the former reserved for the case when only one object is being referred to.
Many human cultures have given the concept of one-ness symbolic meanings:
Something is unique if it is the only one of its kind. More loosely and exaggeratingly (especially in advertising) the term is used for something very special.
- Many religions consider God to be a perfect example of one-ness
- In playing cards, the one is the ace, which in many games is considered the highest card in the suit, rather than the lowest as one would normally expect.
- See monad for a discussion of several other types of one-ness.
One is also:
- The number of musicians in a solo.
- The number of actors in a monologue or soliloquy.
- The number of known Universes.
- The number most often used for representing 'true' as a Boolean datatype in computer science (though any other number than zero would also represent true)
- a song by U2
- An (archaic) expression of the first person singular: "one is not amused".
- An (archaic) expression of the second person singular: "does one take sugar?".
- An enneagram personality type.
Quotes
There is a song lyric which goes: "One is the loneliest number..." [1]
See also: zero, one, two, integer, list of numbers, unity.
- For the year AD 1, see 1
- For the order of magnitude, see 1 E0
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The boyband One comes from Cyprus. They were formed in 1999 by the famous composer Georges Theofanous who writes all the music and lyrics for the song. In july of that year they released their first single and their first album came in october. At the end of 2001, Cypriot television asked them to be their participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. They said yes and Georges Theofanous wrote the song "Gimme" especially for the occasion. After they reached a 6th place they became really famous in both Cyprus and Greece. One consisted of Constantinos Christophorou, Demetres Koutsavlakis, Philippos Constantinos, Argyris Nastopoulos and Panos Tserpes. In 2003 Constantinos Christophorou left the group.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "One (band)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ONE | English | OPAC Network in Europe | Computing, Information |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: OneSynonyms: ane (adj), i (adj), matchless (adj), nonpareil (adj), one and only(a) (adj), one(a) (adj), peerless (adj), unitary (adj), unmatchable (adj), unmatched (adj), unrivaled (adj), unrivalled (adj), ace (n), single (n), unity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Identity | Coincide, coalescent, coalescing; indistinguishable; one; equivalent; (equal); tweedle dee and tweedle dum; much the same, of a muchness; unaltered. |
Mankind | Human being; person, personage; individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody; one; such a one, some one; soul, living soul; earthling; party, head, hand; dramatis personae; quidam. |
Whole | Adjective: whole, total, integral, entire; complete; one, individual. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It was just like this one time here (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg) I never had one. We were too poor (On the Town; writing credit: Adolph Green and Betty Comden) As I told Lady Freeze when I pulled her plug, this is a one woman show (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) You know, one of those manure spreaders jackknifed on the Santa Ana. God-awful mess (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman) | |
Lyrics | And no one else can make it right (Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche); performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: A. Bagge, A. Birgisson, C. Ogalde) ALL AT ONE TIME (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah) Baby one day in your life (One Day In Your Life; performing artist: Anastacia) It's been one week since you looked at me (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) But one voice was heard (One Voice; performing artist: Billy Gilman) | |
Clever | Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. (references; author: Mark Twain) Sex without love is an empty gesture. But as empty gestures go, it is one of the best. (references; author: Woody Allen) One picture is worth more than ten thousand words. (references; author: Chinese Proverb) Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. (references; author: Swedish Proverb) Man with one chopstick go hungry. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they all felt smart. (references; author: unknown) One-One was a racehorse. Two-Two was one, too. When One-One won one race, Two-Two won one, too. (references; author: unknown) There goes one tough top cop! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | One World (2001) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) One Hand Clapping (1974) Mobile One (1974) Just One Kid (1974) | |
Song Titles | Five To One (performing artist: The Doors) Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got) (performing artist: Four Tops) One More Try (performing artist: George Michael) One In A Million (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye) (performing artist: Gladys Knight & The Pips) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Seen are two young girls with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) with a medical technician who is taking a blood sample from one of the girls while the other one looks on. The girls have undergone chemotherapy. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | A laminar airflow unit is a protective covering for people with suppressed immune systems. In this germ-free environment the air flows out one way and the germs cannot re-enter the system. Shown are a nurse and a child inside the protective unit. The nurse is reading to the child. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | From a lateral view, one is able to identify the cellular components along the length of a T. pallidum bacterium, which give this spiral bacterium (spirochete) a unique cellular morphology, and mode of motility. Credit: CDC. |  | If a basal tuft is not present, the genus is Culex. In this genus, one will note the presence of a row of tufts or scattered hairs occurring along each side of the siphon. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Four Point Sphere" by Martin Levenius. To vary the X, Y, and Z coordinates of one of the points, use the Scrollbar to vary A, B, and C. |  | "Velocity Field for a Stream" by Tom Tredon. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A (one river bank), B (the other river bank), or C (the speed of the stream). Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more info. |
 | Located about 130 million light-years away, NGC 4650A is one of only 100 known polar-ring ... Credit: NASA. |  | Hubble telescope observations of the ever-fading fireball from one of the universe's most ... Credit: NASA. |
 | This is one of the more famous images of the Earth from the Apollo program, takenby the Apollo 8 astronauts as they became the first humans to circumnavigate the Moon. Credit: NASA. |  | Computer generated surface view of Gula Mons.For this image, we also have a special treat. Because the vertical scale on theseimages is so exaggerated (a factor of 22.5, remember), we thought you might wantto see what one of them would look like with a more realistic vertical scale.This image ofGula Mons( 8k) has beenaltered to more closely resemble the actual vertical scale. Credit: NASA. |
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| "Beach One" by Michael Vella Commentary: "Woodstock Beach with Table Bay and cape Town in the background." | "Mixer one" by Lars Dahl Pedersen Commentary: "My mixer..." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Guitar duo with one arpeggiating chord and the other as soloing; solo; arpeggio. | | A guitar duet with one arpeggiating chord and the other playing a melody. |
| One click then a cord on a pulley being extended, then a second click. | | Type one key then press enter on a keyboard. |
| One two three four; increasing counting. | | One hit on the cymbal of a drum kit. |
| One lamb baaing. | | Electric guitar playing one chord; a major chord strung on a guitar. |
| One bluejay call. | | One hit of a metal drum. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Frederick Douglass | One and God make a majority. |
George Herbert | One enemy is too much. |
John Greenleaf Whittier | One brave deed makes no hero. |
Joseph A. Cannon | Not one cent for scenery. |
Lao Tse | One actor cannot make a play. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | A true man hates no one. |
St. Thomas Aquinas | Beware the man of one book. |
Virgil | One composed of many. |
| Trust one who has tried. | |
William Blake | One thought fills immensity. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | The one gave title to the other. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1992 | But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In one word, it creates a world after its own image. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Each of the Governments concerned shall appoint one of these members. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Nor is it one which contains the essentials of permanent peace. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Let my accents swell to Mickleham on one side, and Dorking on the other |
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis | No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | One can bear to discuss such paltry matters with a lady |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The idea being an alarming one, he scrambled out of bed, and groped his way to the window |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | A magician wandered along the beach, but no one needed him. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Among those who promoted the design, Governor Bellingham was said to be one of the most busy |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | One day, however, his strange manner appeared to make an impression upon Monsieur Madeleine |
Absalom and Achitophel | John Dryden | And heaven had wanted one immortal song |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Canker is a disease of plants, Cancer one of animals |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Smoking is one cause. (references) | |
Numbers, for one thing. (references) | ||
One benefit is medical. (references) | ||
Business | The health card validity period is one year. (references) | |
One must be 18-years old in Germany to vote. (references) | ||
One aspect hereof is the extension of the runway. (references) | ||
Children | China | Neglect of baby girls is one factor in their lower survival rate. (references) |
Guatemala | Only one of eight girls who begin school graduates from the 6th grade. (references) | |
Suriname | Otherwise, one must be 31 years old to marry without parental permission. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Mexico | No one has been arrested. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | Only one broadcasts nationwide. (references) | |
Paraguay | Five teachers were injured, one seriously. (references) | |
Discrimination | Papua New Guinea | Extreme geographic diversity prevents any one tribe or clan from dominating the country. (references) |
Burkina Faso | Minority ethnic groups, like the majority Mossi, are represented in the inner circles of the Government, and government decisions do not favor one group over another. (references) | |
Papua New Guinea | Skirmishes and conflicts tend to be based on disputes between clans over issues such as boundaries, land ownership, injuries, and insults suffered by one clan at the hands of another; they are not ethnically based. (references) | |
Economic History | Argentina | AC 50 cycle, 220 volts, one phase. (references) |
Switzerland | Many Swiss speak more than one language. (references) | |
Mauritius | The U.S. share was less than one percent. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bahamas | One of every 200 citizens is in jail. (references) |
Jamaica | One correctional officer was dismissed. (references) | |
Honduras | No one was arrested in any of these cases. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | The treatment of aboriginal people continued to be one of the most important human rights problems facing the country. (references) |
Malaysia | The High Court in Miri, Sarawak acquitted four of the men, but one 75-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison. (references) | |
Guatemala | Because one of the men spoke only Kekchi, and the Public Ministry in Zacapa had no interpreter available; the judge allowed one suspect to translate for another. (references) | |
Minorities | Romania | The perpetrator was identified in only one case. (references) |
Bulgaria | No one had been arrested for the incident at year's end. (references) | |
Ghana | One man died from a stab wound, and another was injured. (references) | |
Political Economy | Zambia | The one house, Parliament, has 150 seats. (references) |
Liberia | Police forcibly dispersed one student demonstration. (references) | |
Botswana | The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) won only one seat. (references) | |
Political Rights | Peru | One cabinet minister is of Chinese descent. (references) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | The PAM lost its one seat in the 2000 election. (references) | |
Slovak Republic | One ethnic Hungarian sits on the Constitutional Court. (references) | |
Trade | Finland | Finland has one free port in Hanko. (references) |
Argentina | L/Cs are usually valid for one year. (references) | |
Nigeria | All Categories of Company Shares to Carry one Vote. (references) | |
Travel | Colombia | Never hail one on the street. (references) |
Maldives | Air taxis stop flying one hour before sunset. (references) | |
Bangladesh | One passport size photograph is also required. (references) | |
Women | Pakistan | Police arrested one person in connection with the murder. (references) |
Swaziland | In traditional marriages, a man may take more than one wife. (references) | |
Georgia | Spousal abuse is reportedly one of the leading causes of divorce. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Syria | The laws mandate one 24-hour rest day per week. (references) |
Congo | One 24-hour rest period is required every 7 days. (references) | |
El Salvador | One pregnant woman refused to accept severance pay. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. "The exception proves the rule" is an expression constantly upon the lips of the ignorant, who parrot it from one another with never a thought of its absurdity. In the Latin, "Exceptio probat regulam" means that the exception tests the rule, puts it to the proof, not confirms it. The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Hey, if I wanted to read a book, I'd buy one on tape. |
Fran Drescher | Two brothers. One robbed my house and loaded up my car with all of my possessions, the other one raped myself and my girlfriend. |
James Dobson | Very different. Girls are very different than boys and everybody who's raised one of each knows that. |
Jerry Lewis | Yeah. And I'm the only one with a red one in the world. Medtronic had it made specially for me and gave it to me two weeks ago. |
Julie Andrews | My. Well, a lot of people have passed on. And Dudley, I think, is one of the saddest of them all. What a waste. |
Louise Ashby | Resmash all the bones, and then he basically has to rebuild the foundation. And he knows it's not going to be one surgery. |
Mary Tyler Moore | There are a few people like that, but I'm not one of them. I find it very difficult. But I'm never one to shirk a challenge. |
Rush Limbaugh | I've always said that the one thing we know about communists is that they lie, and now Gorby has admitted it! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the last year, with estimates for the ensuing one, will as usual be laid before you. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and 'well' upon this whole subject. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | At a time when massive changes are occurring with lightning speed throughout the world, it is often difficult to perceive how this central objective is best served in one isolated complex situation or another. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To be back among so many friends is a happy one. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | However, I want the record to be completely clear on one point. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Reduction of strategic offensive arms is one step. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | With few exceptions, the world now stands as one. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | One, I want you to help us to do three things. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "One" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 80.60% of the time. "One" is used about 236,114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Cardinal Number | 80.6% | 190,297 | 55 |
| Pronoun (indefinite) | 19.4% | 45,796 | 183 |
| Total | 100.00% | 236,114 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "one". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Salman | N/A | N/A | One who recompenses |
| Achaz | N/A | Biblical | One that takes |
| Achzib | N/A | Biblical | One that runs |
| Adaliah | N/A | Biblical | One that draws water |
| Agar | N/A | Biblical | One that fears |
| Agrippa | N/A | Biblical | One who causes great pain at his birth |
| Ahaz | N/A | Biblical | One that takes or possesses |
| Alexander | N/A | Biblical | One who assists men |
| Amraphel | N/A | Biblical | One that speaks of secrets |
| Anah | N/A | Biblical | One who answers |
| Anna | N/A | Biblical | One who gives |
| Annas | N/A | Biblical | One who answers |
| Apollos | N/A | Biblical | One who destroys |
| Aram | N/A | Biblical | One that deceives |
| Ard | N/A | Biblical | One that commands |
| Azaz | N/A | Biblical | Strong one |
| Baladan | N/A | Biblical | |
