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117 (number)

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117
  
118 →

Factorization
  
3× 13

Roman numeral
  
CXVII

Cardinal
  
one hundred seventeen

Divisors
  
1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117

Ordinal
  
117th (one hundred and seventeenth)

117 (one hundred [and] seventeen) is the natural number following 116 and preceding 118.

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In mathematics

117 is the smallest possible length of the longest side of a Heronian tetrahedron (one whose sides are all rational numbers).

117 is a pentagonal number.

In base 10, 117 is a Harshad number.

In science

  • The atomic number of the element Tennessine
  • In other fields

    One hundred seventeen is also:

  • A substitute for the number 17, which is considered unlucky in Italy. When Renault exported the R17 to Italy, it was renamed R117.
  • The number to call Guardia di Finanza for customs/financial/border police in Italy
  • The fire emergency telephone number in Portugal
  • 1-1-7 was the national emergency telephone number in the Philippines until it was changed to 9-1-1 on August 1, 2016.
  • The police emergency telephone number in Switzerland
  • F-117 is the designation of the first operational stealth attack aircraft.
  • John-117, the codename for the protagonist in the Halo series.
  • OSS 117, the codename for the fictional secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath by author Jean Bruce and later for a film series directed mostly by André Hunebelle.
  • Psalm 117 is the exact middle chapter of the King James version of the Bible.
  • In The Mystery of Element 117 (1949) by Milton Smith, a window is opened into a new "hyperplane of hyperspace" containing those who have already died on earth.
  • The Japanese telephone company NTT provides a non-free speaking clock on the nationally universal number 117.
  • References

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