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Re: Types of numerals

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 3, 2006, 5:49
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@M...>
wrote:


>IME, one distinguishes digits from numerals from numbers.
>A "digit" is a single symbol representing a numeric quantity whose >value is dependent upon its location in a place-oriented >representational system. So 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 are all >digits.
That is what the AHD says. It doesn't include A-F, although I agree that they would be numerals also. Senjecan has a vigesimal system, so there would be 19 digits.
>A "numeral" is a symbolic representation of a number, which may >comprise one or more digits or some non-digital mechanism.
AHD: "A symbol, such as a letter, figure, or word used alone or in a group to denote a number." Letter: the Roman numerals, Greek letters. Figure: 1, 2, 3, etc. Word: pi; would this include words like "three"? Charlie http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur

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