Roman numerals
Roman numerals is a
numeral system originating in ancient
Rome, adapted from
Etruscan numerals. The system used in
classical antiquity was slightly modified in the
Middle Ages to produce the system we use today. It is based on certain letters which are given values as numerals.Roman numerals are commonly used today in numbered lists (in outline format), clockfaces, pages preceding the main body of a book, chord triads in music analysis, the numbering of movie publication dates, successive political leaders or children with identical names, and the numbering of some sport events, such as the
Olympic Games or the
Super Bowl.
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Roman numeral
Noun
1. a symbol in the old Roman notation; I,V,X,L,C,D,M represent 1,5,10,50,100,500,1000 respectively in Arabic notation
(antonym) Arabic numeral, Hindu numeral, Hindu-Arabic numeral
(hypernym) numeral, number
Roman numeral