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- noun Plural form of
numeral .
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Examples
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Before the introduction into Europe of these Arabic numerals, they used alphabetical characters, or _Roman numerals_.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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Is it possible that ole Virg doesn't like the result simply because it was written in Arabic numerals?
House GOPer Virgil Goode Refuses To Go Quietly, Demands Recount 2009
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I was delighted when the answer turned out the same in contrived hieroglyphs as it did in Arabic numerals and lettering.
I'm getting pretty tired of waiting for Obama to announce his VP pick. Ann Althouse 2008
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As to whether the chapter number should be written out, in Roman numerals, or in Arabic numerals…I have heard many things over the years.
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As to whether the chapter number should be written out, in Roman numerals, or in Arabic numerals…I have heard many things over the years.
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The adjacent screen showed its computer's quick interpretations, equations rendered in Arabic numerals, Greek and Roman letters, international signs for mathematical operations.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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It is a great pleasure to a city woman when she is able to discern the survey lines, and to tell by the Roman numerals from the iron post in the surveyor's mound what township, section, and range she is in.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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High up are two dates cut in the chalk, in Arabic numerals, that have been erroneously read 1347 and "Martin 1350 February 18," but these should be respectively 1547 and 1550, as Arabic numerals were not in use in
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Starting with a Congressional investigation into its despicable use in Arabic numerals.
Joshua Stanton: Abolishing The Zero: A Modest Proposal For Rep. Peter King Joshua Stanton 2011
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At last he was able to understand that the numerals were the wrong way round, mirror-reversed; 2 was where 10 should be, 8 where four should be.
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