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.
The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in each atom, and defines the element. For example, all carbon atoms contain 6 protons in their atomic nucleus; so the atomic number of carbon is 6.s a special case, the three naturally occurring isotopes of the element hydrogen are often specified as H for 1 H (protium), D for 2 H (deuterium), and T for 3 H (tritium). This convention is easier to use in chemical equations, replacing the need to write out the mass number for each atom.