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'''188''' ('''one hundred [and] eighty-eight''') is the [[natural number]] following [[187 (number)|187]] and preceding [[189 (number)|189]].

==In mathematics==
There are 188 different four-element [[semigroup]]s,<ref>{{cite OEIS|A027851|Number of nonisomorphic semigroups of order n}}</ref> and 188 ways a [[chess queen]] can move from one corner of a <math>4\times 4</math> board to the opposite corner by a path that always moves closer to its goal.<ref>{{cite OEIS|A132595|Number of ways to move a chess queen from the lower left corner to square (n,n), with the queen moving only up, right, or diagonally up-right}}</ref> The sides and diagonals of a [[regular dodecagon]] form 188 [[equilateral triangle]]s.<ref>{{cite OEIS|A238822|Number of equilateral triangles bounded by the sides and diagonals of a regular 3n-gon}}</ref>

==In other fields==
The number 188 figures prominently in the film ''The Parallel Street'' (1962) by German [[experimental film]] director {{ill|Ferdinand Khittl|de}}. The opening frame of the film is just an image of this number.<ref>{{cite journal|title=White Noise|last=Möller|first=Olaf|journal=Film Comment|volume=48|issue=1|date=January–February 2012|pages=14–15|id={{ProQuest|918706629}}}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{In title|188}}

==References==
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