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Fibonacci sequence

Fi·bo·nac·ci se·quence (plural Fi·bo·nac·ci se·quenc·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
sequence of numbers: an unending series of numbers in which each number except for the first two is the sum of the preceding two, e.g. 0,1,1,2,3,5,8.... Such sequences frequently have applications in botany, psychology, and astronomy.

[After Leonardo Fibonacci, 13th century Italian mathematician]
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