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  2. 90 (number) - Wikipedia

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    90 is the only number to have an aliquot sum of 144 = 12 2. Only three numbers have a set of divisors that generate a sum equal to 90, they are 40, 58, and 89. [3] 90 is also the twentieth abundant [4] and highly abundant [5] number (with 20 the first primitive abundant number and 70 the second). [6] The number of divisors of 90 is 12. [7]

  3. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or ...

  4. English numerals - Wikipedia

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    99.3 is "ninety-nine point three"; or "ninety-nine and three tenths" (U.S., occasionally). In English the decimal point was originally printed in the center of the line (0·002), but with the advent of the typewriter it was placed at the bottom of the line, so that a single key could be used as a full stop/period and as a decimal point.

  5. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Suit is a noun meaning an article of clothing; it is also a verb meaning to make/be appropriate. Suite is a noun meaning a set of things forming a series or set. [109] Standard: He got dressed in his new suit. Standard: Before leaving the hotel suite, she checked her lipstick in the mirror. Non-standard: That wall color will suite our apartment ...

  6. 92 (number) - Wikipedia

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    Its arithmetic mean of its six divisors [3] is twenty-eight, [4] [5] where (6, 28) represent the first two perfect numbers. [6] It is the sixtieth arithmetic number, where 60 is the second unitary perfect number (the next such number is 90). For =, there are 92 solutions in the n-Queens Problem. 92 is the eighth pentagonal number. [7]

  7. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Turkish, kara and siyah both mean 'black', the former being a native Turkish word, and the latter being a borrowing from Persian. In Ottoman Turkish, there were often three synonyms: water can be su (Turkish), âb (Persian), or mâ (Arabic): "such a triad of synonyms exists in Ottoman for every meaning, without exception". As ...

  9. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2015 September 7

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    Just to muddy the waters a little, "up to 90 days after the event" would mean the same as "within 90 days of the event" (i.e. anytime from day 0, when the event finishes, to day 90). "90 days after the event" could mean only on day 90, or on day 90 or any later day. MChesterMC 14:03, 7 September 2015 (UTC)