Magic number
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The term magic number can be:
- Magic number (sports), a number that indicates how close a team is to winning a season title.
- Magic number, a number used to identify a file format or protocol.
- Magic number, an unnamed and/or ill-documented numerical constant.
- Magic number (physics), number of nucleons that results in complete atomic-nuclear shells
- Magic number (oil), the price per barrel of oil at which an oil exporting nation runs a deficit
- Magic #, a pricing game on The Price is Right.
- The Magic Numbers, a British band.
- "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two", a cognitive-psychology theory involving short-term-memory.
- Three Is a Magic Number, a song from Schoolhouse Rock!
- "The Magic Number", musical recording
See also:
- Magic constant, the sum in a magic square.