147 (number)

147 (one hundred [and] forty-seven) is the natural number following 146 and preceding 148.

In mathematics

The digits forming 147 also form the left-hand column of a normal decimal numeric keypad.

The binary form of 147 contains all the two-digit binary numbers (00, 01, 10 and 11) in a sequence.

In the military

• BQM-147 Dragon unmanned aerial vehicle is a tactical battlefield UAV operated by the US Marine Corps
• Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug was a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle during the 1960s
• USS Assail (AM-147) was a United States Navy Admirable minesweeper ship during World War II
• USS Blair (DE-147) was a United States Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort during World War II
• USS Cottle (APA-147) was a United States Navy Haskell class attack transport during World War II
• USS General E. T. Collins (AP-147) was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier transport ship during World War II
• USS Roper (DD-147) was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer during World War II
• USS Truckee (AO-147) was a United States Navy Neosho-class fleet oiler of the United States Navy during the Six-Day War

In snooker

• The highest possible break in snooker, in the absence of fouls and refereeing errors
• 147-Break is a 1983 documentary with Steve Davis, an English professional snooker player
• The Snooker 147 PlayStation 2 game

In transportation

• The Volkswagen Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen, produced from 1964 to 1974
• The Fiat 147 was a three-door hatchback compact car produced in Brazil from 1976 until 1986
• The Alfa Romeo 147 car, produced since 2000
• The first generation Lexus GS300 is JZS147
• 147th Street (Sibley Boulevard) Metra Electric station in Harvey, Illinois

In other fields

147 is also:

• The year AD 147 or 147 BC
• 147 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 764 – 765 CE
• 147 Protogeneia is a large main belt asteroid with a low eccentricity and low inclination
• NGC 147 (DDO3) is a Dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.58 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia
• Promethium-147 is an isotope of promethium with a half-life of 2.62 years
• JWH-147 is an analgesic drug used in scientific research, which acts as a cannabinoid agonist at both the CB₁ and CB₂ receptors
• Sonnet 147
• spencer 1999-2017

See also

• List of highways numbered 147
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 147
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 147
• Psalm 147

References