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  2. Genealogical numbering systems - Wikipedia

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    This method's usefulness becomes apparent when applied further back in the generations: e.g. 08-146, is a male preceding the subject by 7 (8-1) generations. This ancestor was the father of a woman (146/2=73) (in the genealogical line of the subject), who was the mother of a man (73/2=36.5), further down the line the father of a man (36/2=18 ...

  3. Roman numerals - Wikipedia

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    The use of Roman numerals continued long after the decline of the Roman Empire.From the 14th century on, Roman numerals began to be replaced by Arabic numerals; however, this process was gradual, and the use of Roman numerals persisted in various places, including on clock faces.

  4. Mnemonic major system - Wikipedia

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    Both upper case M and lower case m each have three points on the baseline and look like the numeral 3 on its side. 4 /r/ r, l (as sounded in colonel) Four ends with r (and /r/ in rhotic accents). 5 /l/ l: L is the Roman numeral for 50. Among the five digits of one's left hand, the thumb and index fingers also form an L. 6 /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/

  5. Kawaki - Wikipedia

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    Having become a member of Kara after being bought by Jigen from a cold and drunkard father as a youngster, he was given a tattoo of the Roman numeral IX under his left eye. He, alongside 13 children and teenagers, would be experimented on and bestowed a Kama mark by Jigen, [ 13 ] and heavily modified with microscopic Shinobi-Ware implanted in ...

  6. Scribal abbreviation - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, several authors are of the view that the Roman numerals themselves were, for example, nothing less than abbreviations of the words for those numbers. Other examples of symbols still in some use are alchemical and zodiac symbols, which were, in any case, employed only in alchemy and astrology texts, which made their appearance ...

  7. Claudian letters - Wikipedia

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    The Claudian letters were developed by the Roman emperor Claudius (reigned 41–54). He introduced three new letters to the Latin alphabet: Ↄ or /X (antisigma) to replace BS and PS , much as X stood in for CS and GS . The shape of this letter is disputed, however, since no inscription bearing it has been found.

  8. Pentadic numerals - Wikipedia

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    The notation is similar to the older Roman numerals for numbers 1 to 9 (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX). [1] Unlike the Roman notation, there are only symbols for numbers one ("I") and five ("U"), protruding off the side of a vertical stroke, or stem, which has no numeric value by itself.

  9. Pedigree chart - Wikipedia

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    Each generation is identified by a Roman numeral (I, II, III, and so on), and each individual within the same generation is identified by an Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3, and so on). Analysis of the pedigree using the principles of Mendelian inheritance can determine whether a trait has a dominant or recessive pattern of inheritance. Pedigrees are ...