bar

mathematics
Also known as: titulus, vinculum

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Roman numerals

  • Ancient symbols for 1 and 10
    In numerals and numeral systems: Roman numerals

    …a bar (known as the vinculum or virgula) was placed over a number to multiply it by 1,000. This bar also came to represent ordinal numbers. In the early Roman Empire, bars enclosing a number around the top and sides came to mean multiplication by 100,000. The use of the…

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