273 (number)

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273
Cardinal Two hundred [and] seventy-three
Ordinal 273rd
(Two hundred [and] seventy-third)
Factorization 273 = 3 \cdot 7 \cdot 13
Roman numeral CCLXXIII
Binary 100010001
Hexadecimal 111

273 (two hundred [and] seventy-three, CCLXXIII) is the natural number following 272 and preceding 274.

It is a sphenic number, and a repdigit in base 9 (333), base 16 (111), base 20 (DD or 13 13), base 38 (77), and base 90 (33).

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273 is also:

  • The zero of the Celsius temperature scale is (to the nearest whole number) 273 Kelvin. This corresponds with absolute zero (0 K) being approximately -273°C.
  • American composer John Cage's piano composition 4′33″ consists of 273 seconds (four minutes and 33 seconds) of silence, in three movements.
  • The year AD 273 and 273 BC.