66 (number)
66 (sixty-six) is the natural number following 65 and preceding 67.
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| Cardinal | sixty-six | |||
| Ordinal | 66th (sixty-sixth) | |||
| Factorization | 2 × 3 × 11 | |||
| Divisors | 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66 | |||
| Greek numeral | ΞϚ´ | |||
| Roman numeral | LXVI | |||
| Binary | 10000102 | |||
| Ternary | 21103 | |||
| Senary | 1506 | |||
| Octal | 1028 | |||
| Duodecimal | 5612 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 4216 | |||
Usages of this number include:
In mathematics
66 is:
- the 3rd discrete tri-prime; or also termed sphenic number.,[1] and the 3rd of the form (2.3.r).
- with an aliquot sum of 78; itself a sphenic number, within an aliquot sequence of ten composite numbers (66, 78, 90,144,259,45,33,15,9,4,3,1,0) to the Prime in the 3-aliquot tree.
- a triangular number.[2]
- a hexagonal number.[3]
- an Icositrigonal number[4]
- a semi-meandric number.[5]
- a semiperfect number, being a multiple of a perfect number.[6]
- an Erdős–Woods number, since it is possible to find sequences of 66 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member.[7]
- palindromic and a repdigit in bases 10 (6610), 21 (3321) and 32 (2232)
In science
Astronomy
- Messier object Spiral Galaxy M66, a magnitude 10.0 galaxy in the constellation Leo.
- The New General Catalogue object[8] NGC 66, a peculiar barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus.
- 66 Maja, a carbonaceous background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt.
Physics
- The atomic number of dysprosium, a lanthanide.
In computing
66 (more specifically 66.667) megahertz (MHz) is a common divisor for the front side bus (FSB) speed, overall central processing unit (CPU) speed, and base bus speed. On a Core 2 CPU, and a Core 2 motherboard, the FSB is 1066 MHz (~16 × 66 MHz), the memory speed is usually 666.67 MHz (~10 × 66 MHz), and the processor speed ranges from 1.86 gigahertz (GHz) (~66 MHz × 28) to 2.93 GHz (~66 MHz × 44), in 266 MHz (~66 MHz × 4) increments.
In motor vehicle transportation
- The designation of the historic U.S. Route 66, dubbed the "Mother Road" by novelist John Steinbeck, and other roads.
- Phillips 66, a brand of gasoline and service station in the United States.
In religion
- The total number of chapters in the Bible Book of Isaiah.
- The number of verses in Chapter 3 of the Book of Lamentations in the Old Testament.
- The total number of books in the Protestant edition of the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament) combined.
- In Abjad numerals, The Name Of Allah (الله) numeric value is 66.
In sports
- The number of the laps of the Spanish Grand Prix.
- The longest field goal made in NFL history was 66 yards and kicked by Justin Tucker.
In entertainment
Cinema
- Sixty Six is a 2006 British movie about a bar mitzvah in London on the day of the 1966 World Cup final.
- In the Star Wars movie series, Order 66 is a prepared order to the clone troopers to kill the Jedi commanding them.
Video games
- In the video game Fullmetal Alchemist, elusive villain Barry the Chopper is imprisoned in cell number 66, which later becomes his alias when battling the brothers at Laboratory Five.
In other fields
- The international direct dialing (IDD) code for Thailand.
- The number of the French department Pyrénées-Orientales.
- The name of a German card game, translated from sechsundsechzig (see Sixty-six (game)).
- In telecommunications a 66 block is used to organize telephone lines.
- Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 was a 1960s group.
- 66 WNBC radio was a popular New York radio station, which became WFAN on 1 July 1987.
- Lil B has a song entitled "OMG 66".
- "Sixty-Six" is a song by Pat Metheny (born 1954) from his 2020 album From This Place.
- Le 66 is an opérette in one act of 1856 with music by Jacques Offenbach and a French libretto by Pittaud de Forges and Laurencin.
- In the horror genre and Western esotericism there are 66 legions of demons/spirits that Baal controls.[9][10]
References
- Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A007304 (Sphenic numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A000217 (Triangular numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A000384 (Hexagonal numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A051875 (23-gonal numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A000682 (Semimeanders)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A005835 (Pseudoperfect (or semiperfect) numbers n: some subset of the proper divisors of n sums to n.)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A059756 (Erdős-Woods numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- "The Ecig Database Files". ngcic.org.
- "Demon Profile: Baal". HNN - Horrornews.net - Official News Site. 18 April 2012.
- "Goetia Demons". meta-religion.com.
External links
- Media related to 66 (number) at Wikimedia Commons
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