As of 2013, the United States spends about $554.2 billion annually to fund its military forces, and appropriates approximately $88.5 billion to fund Overseas Contingency Operations. Put together, the United States constitutes roughly 39 percent of the world's military expenditures.
the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of a particular element. In a neutral atom, the atomic number equals the number of electrons. See also atom, electron, proton.
What is an atomic number? The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, according to M.J. Farabee, author of Chemistry 1: Atoms and Molecules. The number of protons define the identity of an element, and it determines how many electrons surround the nucleus.