SECTION V. NUMBER
INDETERMINATE NUMBER
[More than one.] Plurality. –N. a -number, a certain number; one or two, two or three &c.; a few, several; multitude.
[Less than one]. Fraction. –N. fractional part, fragment; part.
Thesaurus of Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget, M.D., F.R.S. Enlarged by John Lewis Roget, M.A., New Edition Revised and Enlarged by Samuel Romily Roget, M.A. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, the edition is copyright 1941, 1947.