定てい数すう

noun

fixed number; quorum

Used for a predetermined number of people or things, especially the minimum number required for a meeting to be valid.

• 会かい議ぎを開ひらくには定てい数すうの出しゅっ席せきが必ひつ要ようです。

  A quorum is required to hold the meeting.

• このクラスの定てい数すうは30人にんです。

  The fixed number for this class is 30 people.

noun

constant; invariable

Mathematical term for a value that does not change; often contrasted with 変数 (variable).

See also: 変数

• この式しきでは、πは定てい数すうです。

  In this formula, π is a constant.

noun

literal

Computing term for a value written directly in source code, as opposed to a variable.

• プログラム中ちゅうに定てい数すうとして「100」を直ちょく接せつ書かく。

  Write '100' directly as a literal in the program.

noun

fate

Dated, literary sense referring to a predetermined destiny; rarely used in modern Japanese outside of older texts.

• 彼かれは定てい数すうに従したがって生いきていると信しんじていた。

  He believed he lived according to fate.