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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. List of city and town nicknames in the United Kingdom

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    "Manny" - slang for Manchester used by non Mancunians. [ 132 ] "Manchesterford" – portmanteau of Manchester and Salford , began as a fictional setting for Victoria Wood 's 1980s series of sketches on BBC TV, Acorn Antiques , [ 133 ] but gained colloquial popularity, especially on the gay scene and was immortalized in iron and song lyrics ...

  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. Numeral prefix - Wikipedia

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    Numeral or number prefixes are prefixes derived from numerals or occasionally other numbers. In English and many other languages, they are used to coin numerous series of words. For example: simplex, duplex (communication in only 1 direction at a time, in 2 directions simultaneously)

  6. Text figures - Wikipedia

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    Hoefler Text, a typeface designed in 1991, uses text figures. The ascending six and descending nines are minted on this 1996 U.S. penny. Text figures (also known as non-lining, lowercase, old style, [1] ranging, hanging, medieval, billing, [2] or antique [3] figures or numerals) are numerals designed with varying heights in a fashion that resembles a typical line of running text, hence the name.

  7. Number Forms - Wikipedia

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    Number Forms is a Unicode block containing Unicode compatibility characters that have specific meaning as numbers, but are constructed from other characters. They consist primarily of vulgar fractions and Roman numerals .

  8. Roman numeral analysis - Wikipedia

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    The accompaniment performers translate the Roman numerals to the specific chords that would be used in a given key. In the key of E major, the diatonic chords are: E maj7 becomes I maj7 (also I ∆7, or simply I) F ♯ m 7 becomes II m7 (also II −7, II min7, IIm, or II −) G ♯ m 7 becomes III m7 (also III −7, III min7, IIIm, or III −)

  9. 14 (number) - Wikipedia

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    14 has an aliquot sum of 8, within an aliquot sequence of two composite numbers (14, 8, 7, 1, 0) in the prime 7-aliquot tree. 14 is the third companion Pell number and the fourth Catalan number . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the lowest even n {\displaystyle n} for which the Euler totient φ ( x ) = n {\displaystyle \varphi (x)=n} has no solution, making ...