2 (two) is a
number,
numeral and
digit
Digit may refer to:
Mathematics and science
* Numerical digit, as used in mathematics or computer science
** Hindu-Arabic numerals, the most common modern representation of numerical digits
* Digit (anatomy), the most distal part of a limb, such ...
. It is the
natural number following
1 and preceding
3. It is the smallest and the only even
prime number.
Because it forms the basis of a
duality
Duality may refer to:
Mathematics
* Duality (mathematics), a mathematical concept
** Dual (category theory), a formalization of mathematical duality
** Duality (optimization)
** Duality (order theory), a concept regarding binary relations
** Dual ...
, it has
religious and
spiritual significance in many
cultures.
As a word
''Two'' is most commonly a
determiner
A determiner, also called determinative (abbreviated ), is a word, phrase, or affix that occurs together with a noun or noun phrase and generally serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context. That is, a determiner m ...
used with
plural countable nouns, as in ''two days'' or ''I'll take these two''. ''Two'' is a
noun when it refers to the number two as in ''two plus two is four.''
Etymology of ''two''
The word ''two'' is derived from the
Old English
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words (
feminine
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