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What is an atomic number?

What is an atomic number? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) the number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z
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But barium has an atomic number of 56, barely more than half that of uranium.
The higher the atomic number, the more shells and electrons an atom will have.
In such a case, an element's atomic number and atomic mass should be about equal.
Early in 1999 synthesis of the element with atomic number 114 was reported.
When assigning priority to groups, atoms that are directly bonded to the carbon atom have their priority based upon their atomic number.
The transfermium elements are those elements with atomic numbers greater than 100, the atomic number for fermium.

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