Cyclopædia
Assuming numeral is required, the following 7 results were found.
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NUMERAL Lettershttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/NUMERAL-Letters
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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Ahttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/A
inserted an h between 'em, Ahala : At length they sell to the common long Accent āla, or Āla. See ACCENT. A was one of the Numeral Letters among the Antients, and signify'd 500. With a Dash atop, ā, it slood for 5000. See CHARACTER. Baronius gives us a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARABIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARABIC
a Lion; two hundred for a Serpent; and eighty for Honey. See WORD, ALPHABET, etc. Arabic Figures, or Characters, are the Numeral Characters commonly made use of in large Computations. See FIGURE, NUMERAL, etc. The Arabic Characters stand...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALGEBRAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGEBRA
which are certainly known, and consequently itself is known. See QUANTITY, and ARITHMETIC. Algebra is of two Kinds, viz. Numeral, and Literal.Numeral, or Vulgar Algebra, is that of the Ancients, which only had place in the Resolution of Arithmetical...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARITHMETIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARITHMETIC
Arithmetic, is that which gives the Calculus, of Numbers or indeterminate Quantities;and is performed by the common Numeral, or Arabic Characters. See ARABIC and CHARACTER. Specious Arithmetic, is that which gives the Calculus of Quantities;using...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANAGRAMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANAGRAM
Name of Louis XIV. made Vrai Heros, i.e., true Hero. We are now likewise furnished with the Numerical Anagram; where the numeral Letters (i.e., such as in the Roman cyphering stood for Numbers) taken together, according to their numerical Values,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALGORISMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGORISM
Specious Arithmetic, or Algebra. See ALGEBRA. Sometimes it is also used for the Practice of common Arithmetic, by the ten numeral Figures. See ARITHMETIC. ALGORISM
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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