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Transparent compounds of the glosses below, such as REMPST or REM.PST 'remote past', a compound of REM 'remote' and PST 'past', are not listed separately. Abbreviations beginning with N- (generalized glossing prefix for non- , in- , un- ) are not listed separately unless they have alternative forms that are included.
The Roman numerals, in particular, are directly derived from the Etruscan number symbols: ๐ , ๐ก , ๐ข , ๐ฃ , and ๐ 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 ...
[6] [7] Umpty came from a verbalization of a dash in Morse code. [6] "Umpteen", adding the ending -teen, as in "thirteen", is first attested in 1884, [8] [9] [3] [10] and has become by far the most common form. [11] In Norwegian, ørten is used in a similar way, playing on the numbers from tretten (13) to nitten (19), but often signifying a ...
Even and odd numbers: An integer is even if it is a multiple of 2, and is odd otherwise. Prime number: A positive integer with exactly two positive divisors: itself and 1. The primes form an infinite sequence 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, ...
This is motivated by the dual marker handshape being distinct from the handshape for the numeral two, in contrast to higher number markers; the ability to also incorporate these numerals into other words, including those for times and amounts; and the use of markers higher than the dual not being obligatory, with replacement by the plural being ...
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
Number sign: Numero sign. Also known as "octothorpe", "hash" and "hashtag sign" Pound sign โ Numero sign: Number sign: Obelus: Division sign, Dagger, Commercial minus, Index ( ) Parenthesis: Bracket, Angle bracket % Percent sign: Per mille (per 1,000), Basis point (per 10,000) ‰ Per mille: Percent, Basis point. Period: The end of a sentence ...
Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.