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Fibonacci number
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Fi·bo·nac·ci number  (fb-näch)
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A number in the Fibonacci sequence.
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Noun1.Fibonacci number - a number in the Fibonacci sequence
number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
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