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  2. Roman numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Roman numerals, in particular, are directly derived from the Etruscan number symbols: 𐌠 , 𐌡 , 𐌢 , 𐌣 , and 𐌟 for 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 (they had more symbols for larger numbers, but it is unknown which symbol represents which number). As in the basic Roman system, the Etruscans wrote the symbols that added to the desired ...

  3. Roman numeral analysis - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals can be used to notate and analyze the harmonic progression of a composition independent of its specific key. For example, the ubiquitous twelve-bar blues progression uses the tonic (I), subdominant (IV), and dominant (V) chords built upon the first, fourth and fifth scale degrees respectively.

  4. Latin numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Latin numerals are the words used to denote numbers within the Latin language. They are essentially based on their Proto-Indo-European ancestors, and the Latin cardinal numbers are largely sustained in the Romance languages. In Antiquity and during the Middle Ages they were usually represented by Roman numerals in writing.

  5. Number Forms - Wikipedia

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    Roman Numeral One 2160 8544 Ⅱ II: 2 Roman Numeral Two 2161 8545 Ⅲ III: 3 Roman Numeral Three 2162 8546 Ⅳ IV: 4 Roman Numeral Four 2163 8547 Ⅴ V: 5 Roman Numeral Five 2164 8548 Ⅵ VI: 6 Roman Numeral Six 2165 8549 Ⅶ VII: 7 Roman Numeral Seven 2166 8550 Ⅷ VIII: 8 Roman Numeral Eight 2167 8551 Ⅸ IX: 9 Roman Numeral Nine 2168 8552 ...

  6. List of numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    This is the minimum number of characters needed to encode a 32 bit number into 5 printable characters in a process similar to MIME-64 encoding, since 85 5 is only slightly bigger than 2 32. Such method is 6.7% more efficient than MIME-64 which encodes a 24 bit number into 4 printable characters. 89

  7. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday

  8. Numeral system - Wikipedia

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    For example, "11" represents the number eleven in the decimal or base-10 numeral system (today, the most common system globally), the number three in the binary or base-2 numeral system (used in modern computers), and the number two in the unary numeral system (used in tallying scores). The number the numeral represents is called its value.

  9. Timeline of numerals and arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    940 — Abu'l-Wafa al-Buzjani extracts roots using the Indian numeral system. 953 — The arithmetic of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system at first required the use of a dust board (a sort of handheld blackboard) because “the methods required moving the numbers around in the calculation and rubbing some out as the calculation proceeded.”