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nu·mer·ous
/ ˈn(y)oōm(ə)rəs/
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adj.
great in number; many:
he has attended numerous meetings and social events.
∎
consisting of many members:
the orchestra and chorus were numerous.
DERIVATIVES:
nu·mer·ous·ly
adv.
nu·mer·ous·ness
n.
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Numerals in Formosan languages.
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...quinary system. Numerals may be derived from other numeral stems by addition...problem of the numeral confix *i...various types of numerals in the Austronesian...as with the numeral 'one' in Tsou...that the human numerals are more marked...
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Numeral classifiers and counting systems in Polynesian and Micronesian languages: common roots and cultural adaptations.
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Polynesian languages, numeral classifiers are typically...objects, with general numerals prevailing elsewhere...requires the use of a numeral classifier. Etymological...between some of these numeral classifiers and numerals used in the specific...
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Super Bowls and Roman numerals: As easy as I, II, III; Most people don't use the numbering system anymore, but most people aren't the NFL.(Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Florida Times Union; 1/31/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...TIME Test your Roman numeral knowledge: Convert these numbers to Roman numerals: 1. 9 2. 37 3. 64...MMMMMMMMMMMMCMXII Roman numerals to numbers: 1. 2005...THE BASIC RULES Roman numeral use seven letters of...need to use the biggest numerals possible, reading from...
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The Egyptian origin of the Greek alphabetic numerals.(Research)(influence of economic and intellectual transfers between ancient Greece and Egypt)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...position or place-value. Numerals were usually written...written X[XI]B. The numeral-signs are the 24 familiar...origin of the alphabetic numerals (cf Jeffery 1990...in Greek alphabetic numerals, the most common technique...the right of a given numeral-sign to indicate a...
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The Subsystem of Numerals in Catalan Sign Language: Description and Examples from a Psycholinguistic Study
Magazine article from: Sign Language Studies; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...or different digits. Some numerals were the first ones of a unit...collection; nevertheless, many of numerals of the three collections were the same. We presented the numerals as a list, one under the other...or written on cards, one numeral on each card. The lists included...
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THINKING ON PAPER: HINDU-ARABIC NUMERALS IN EUROPEAN TYPOGRAPHY
Magazine article from: Visible Language; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...counting specialists.1 THE ROMAN NUMERAL SYSTEM ROMAN NUMERALS WERE USEFUL TO PRE-RENAISSANCE...between the amount of a roman numeral and its length is weak: for...converting to hindu-arabic numerals first.) Shifting from written...
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Numeral Beginnings
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/8/2000; 271 words
; ...Dec. 26 op-ed column. George Will refers to Arabic numerals as the system of numeration that developed after the cumbersome Roman numerals. Actually, the so-called Arabic numerals are Hindu numerals, as they originated in India. Although...
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MIM? A.D. 1999 Brings a Classical Question for Legions in the Arena of Roman Numerals
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/31/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...incorrectly rendered in Roman numerals the year of its arrival, according...supplanted by the modern Arabic numerals around the 16th century. It...who has done a study of Roman numerals to help decipher old publishing...a theoretically long Roman numeral is shortened to manageable...
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Taiwanese Inventor Develops Numeral Lock Housing Structure
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/5/2007; 520 words
; ...of Changhua County, Taiwan, has developed a numeral lock housing structure that includes a lock housing...of the two halves is formed with at least one numeral wheel window. At least one numeral wheel is mounted in the numeral wheel window...
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SOLVE THE NUMBER MYSTERY.(Roman numerals: quiz)
Magazine article from: Appleseeds; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...500 M = 1,000 We use 10 numerals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...used the seven letters as numerals. The Romans wrote their numbers by combining the numerals from left to right. They started with the largest numeral and ended with the smallest...
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numeral
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
numeral symbol denoting a number...system. The earliest numerals were undoubtedly marks...transcribed the Ionic numeral system into their alphabet...The system of Hebrew numerals is a quasidecimal alphabetic numeral system using the letters...
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Arabic numerals
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Arabic numerals any of the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Arabic numerals reached western Europe (replacing Roman numerals) through Arabia by about ad 1200 but probably originated in India.
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Roman numeral
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Roman numeral Letter used by the ancient Romans and...numbers before the adoption of Arabic numerals. There were seven individual letters...represented 90. The ancients used Roman numerals for commerce and mathematics. Modern...
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Roman numerals
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Roman numerals Arabic Roman 1 I 2 II 3 III 4 IV 5 V 6 VI 7 VII 8 VIII 9 IX 10 X 11 XI 12 XII 13 XIII 14 XIV 15 XV 16 XVI 17 XVII 18 XVIII 19 XIX...
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numeration
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...designations are in turn called numerals. In any place value system...number. The position of a numeral in a grouping indicates which...in the decimal system, the numeral 342 means (3×10...In the binary system, the numeral 111, for example, means...
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