Fibonacci sequence

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Fibonacci sequence
    n 1: a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum
         of the two preceding numbers

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Fibonacci sequence

   <mathematics> The {infinite} sequence of numbers beginning

   	1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...

   in which each term is the sum of the two terms preceding it.

   The ratio of successive Fibonacci terms tends to the {golden
   ratio}, namely (1 + sqrt 5)/2.

   [Why not "Fibonacci {series}"?]

   (2002-10-15)