Trying to think of a word. Need help

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The forum discussion centers on the search for a unique word that conveys the concept of 'one' or 'approaching one.' Participants suggest terms such as "Unity," "Monad," "Singular," and "Asymptotically Unitarian." The discussion highlights the challenge of finding a term that encapsulates the idea of a singular answer or response, particularly in the context of a project aimed at identifying the correct solution from a pool of information. Suggestions also include playful neologisms like "googolplexplexminex" to represent very small numbers.

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Hey.

I am trying to think of a word or maybe make one up that plays of the ideas I want.

Basically I want a word (preferably not common) that means 'one' or approaching one. Something like that. I can't seem to find anything really relevant. There doesn't seem to be interesting names for the 'smallest' number like there is for large numbers 'googol' etc. Thought id ask here because maybe someone has run into a interesting word in their studies that means something like that. Or just make one up !

Thanks.
 
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"Unity" is the first thing that comes to mind, but there are dozens.
 
The multiplicative identity??
 
Monad?
 
Andre said:
Monad?

Reminds me of "The Rodeo Song"... :biggrin:
 
unitary
monocoque
singular
individual
 
Can you use it in a sentence so we can get an idea of what you're looking for? I took a different meaning from your post than most people here. I read "nearly one", as in "approaching asymptotically".
 
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onliest
singularity
singular
singularly
 
DaveC426913 said:
Can you use it in a sentence so we can get an idea of what you're looking for? I took a different meaning from your post than most people here. I read "nearly one", as in "approaching asymptotically".
I was thinking of the term 'asymptotically', but that doesn't address the matter of 'one' or 'unity'. But then I thought 'asymptotically unitarian'.
 
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Singol?
 
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~1

..
 
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Unity
Singular
Lone
Solo
 
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For very small numbers how about something like googolplexplexminex?As everybody knows one googolplexplexminex=1/10 to the power of one googolplexplex.

(found by googoling)
 
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Astronuc said:
I was thinking of the term 'asymptotically', but that doesn't address the matter of 'one' or 'unity'. But then I thought 'asymptotically unitarian'.

Thanks everyone. This is helpful. And yeah I like the idea of approaching one. Basically I am trying to think of a catchy word to call something. And the idea I have for the project represents having one answer/response kind of. Like the correct answer or the answer you are looking for. So I just thought approaching one because taking all of the possible information I can return I will find the correct one and return it. So I am trying to get ideas on words that represent that.

Again, thanks for the help!
 

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