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And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise,
Myriad: 10,000 Loosely refers to a very large quantity Pair: 2 Often in reference to identical objects Trio: 3 Referring to people working or collaborating especially in musical performance Few: 3 Small number of something Quartet: 4 Referring to people working or collaborating especially in musical performance Great gross: 1,728 A dozen gross ...
Some words that have a precise numerical definition can be used indefinitely. For example: couple (2), [21] dozen (12), score (20); myriad (10,000). When a quantity word is prefixed with an indefinite article then it is sometimes intended or interpreted to be indefinite. For example, "one million" is clearly definite, but "a million" could be ...
Myriad may be used either as an adjective (there are myriad people outside) or as a noun (there is a myriad of people outside), [4] but there are small differences. The former might imply that it is a diverse group of people whereas the latter usually does not.
The Oxford English Dictionary comments that googol and googolplex are "not in formal mathematical use". Usage of names of large numbers Some names of large numbers, such as million , billion , and trillion , have real referents in human experience, and are encountered in many contexts, particularly in finance and economics.
Distance marker on the Rhine: 36 (XXXVI) myriametres from Basel.Note that the stated distance is 360 km; comma is the decimal mark in Germany.. Myria-(symbol my) is a now obsolete decimal metric prefix denoting a factor of 10 4 (ten thousand).
A judge in Brazil has ordered Adele’s song Million Years Ago to be removed globally from streaming services due to a plagiarism claim by Brazilian composer, Toninho Geraes. Geraes alleges that ...
The underlying Arabic word latifa (singular) means "subtlety" and the phrase Lataif-e-sitta means "six subtleties" (although the number of lataif can differ depending on the specific Sufi tradition). When realized (or activated or awakened or illuminated ( tajalli )), [ 2 ] the lataif are understood to be part of Man's spiritual "Organ of ...