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33 (number)

33 is the natural number following 32 and preceding 34.

List of numbers — Integers << 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 >>
Cardinal	thirty-three
Ordinal	33rd (thirty-third)
Factorization
Roman numeral	XXXIII
Binary	100001
Hexadecimal	21

In other fields

Thirty-three is also:

• The atomic number of arsenic.
• In reference to vinyl records, 33 refers to a type of record by its revolution speed of 33 1/3 revolutions per minute. 33s are also known as long playing records, or LPss. See: 78 and 45.
• A highly significant number to the Freemasons, and is one of their sacred numbers, recurring profusely throughout their 'Dogma' (as Albert Pike calls it), rituals and other miscellaneous places. Wherever you see a 33 in an inappropriate or peculiar place, chances are a Freemason or a member of a related group is responsible.
• A song by the Smashing Pumpkins on their Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album.
• In Spanish, the "smile to the camera" word, as is "cheese" in English. Diga treinta y tres, is the same as "say cheese".
• The code for international direct dial phone calls to France.
• Historical years: 33 A.D., 33 B.C, or 1933

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