Roman numeral
noun [C usually plural]Definition
› any of the letters that the ancient Romans used to write numbers, for example I (= 1), II (= 2), III (= 3) → Compare Arabic numeralNumbers generally
(Definition of Roman numeral noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- C, c noun (NUMBER)
- constant noun
- crore number
- D, d noun (NUMBER)
- figure noun (NUMBER)
- I, i noun (NUMBER)
- infinity noun
- L, l noun (NUMBER)
- lakh number
- log noun (NUMBER)
- logarithm noun
- M, m noun (NUMBER)
- n noun (MATHEMATICS)
- nos.
- number noun (SYMBOL)
- numeral noun
- ordinal noun
- serial number noun
- variable noun
- whole number noun
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