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Meanings of arabic figures in English
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Usage of arabic figures in English
1
Among the Western Arabs, the ancient Arabic figures are used, viz.
2
Gerbert, who became later Pope Sylvester II, is said to have given us our present Arabic figures.
3
The Arabic figures can be made by drawing round the number groups, or by laying out their shapes in little sticks.
4
In numerical statements the comma separates Arabic figures by triplets in classes of hundreds: $5,276,492.72.
5
(The Arabic figures refer to the pages of the Text; the Roman figures to the Plates.)
6
Arabic figures are to be used rather than Roman; but small capitals may be used after the names of sovereigns, princes, and popes.
7
I have a set of four dice, not marked with spots in the ordinary way, but with Arabic figures, as shown in the illustration.
8
Dates and numerical designations, such as the number of a house, may be written in Arabic figures, but quantities should be expressed in words.