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numerology
The study of the occult significance of numbers.
🌱Though he didn't believe in numerology as a mystical bond between numbers and living things, he never went out on Friday the 13th. 🌳As an element of astrology and fortune-telling, numerology has long been employed to predict future events. For many early Christians, 3 represented the Trinity, 6 represented earthly perfection, and 7 represented heavenly perfection; and still today, many of us like to group things into sets of 3 or 7, for no particular reason. Numerology has also been used to interpret personality; in particular, numerologists may assign numbers to each letter of a person's name and use the resulting figures, along with the person's date of birth, as a guide to his or her character. alphanumeric Having or using both letters and numbers.
🌱Back in the 1950s, we always spoke our phone numbers in alphanumeric form, using the letters printed on the dial: for example, "TErrace 5-6642," instead of "835-6642." 🌳Alphanumeric passwords are much harder for a hacker to crack than plain alphabetic passwords, since the number of possible combinations is so much greater. License plates usually contain both letters and numbers, since, for a big state or country, the plate wouldn't be large enough to fit enough numbers for everyone. In computing, the standard alphanumeric codes, such as ASCII, may contain not only ordinary letters and numerals but also punctuation marks and math symbols. enumerate To specify one after another; list.
🌱The thing he hated most was when she would start enumerating his faults out loud, while he would sit scowling into the newspaper trying to ignore her. 🌳In a census year, the U.S. government attempts to enumerate every single citizen of the country—a task that, even in the modern era of technology, isn't truly possible. Medical tests often require the enumeration of bacteria, viruses, or other organisms to determine the progress of a disease or the effectiveness of a medication. Despite its numer- root, you don't have to use numbers when enumerating. For students of government and law, the "enumerated powers" are the specific responsibilities of the Congress, as listed in the U.S. Constitution; these are the only powers that Congress has, a fact that the Tenth Amendment makes even more clearly. supernumerary Exceeding the usual number.
🌱Whenever the workload for the city's courts and judges gets too large, supernumerary judges are called in to help. 🌳Supernumerary starts off with the Latin prefix super-, "above" （See SUPER.）You may have heard of someone being born with supernumerary teeth, supernumerary fingers, or supernumerary toes. A supernumerary rainbow may show up as a faint line—red, green, or purple—just touching the main colored arc. Supernumerary is also a noun: A supernumerary is usually someone in a crowd scene onstage, otherwise known as an "extra" or a "spear-carrier."
🌱Though he didn't believe in numerology as a mystical bond between numbers and living things, he never went out on Friday the 13th. 🌳As an element of astrology and fortune-telling, numerology has long been employed to predict future events. For many early Christians, 3 represented the Trinity, 6 represented earthly perfection, and 7 represented heavenly perfection; and still today, many of us like to group things into sets of 3 or 7, for no particular reason. Numerology has also been used to interpret personality; in particular, numerologists may assign numbers to each letter of a person's name and use the resulting figures, along with the person's date of birth, as a guide to his or her character. alphanumeric Having or using both letters and numbers.
🌱Back in the 1950s, we always spoke our phone numbers in alphanumeric form, using the letters printed on the dial: for example, "TErrace 5-6642," instead of "835-6642." 🌳Alphanumeric passwords are much harder for a hacker to crack than plain alphabetic passwords, since the number of possible combinations is so much greater. License plates usually contain both letters and numbers, since, for a big state or country, the plate wouldn't be large enough to fit enough numbers for everyone. In computing, the standard alphanumeric codes, such as ASCII, may contain not only ordinary letters and numerals but also punctuation marks and math symbols. enumerate To specify one after another; list.
🌱The thing he hated most was when she would start enumerating his faults out loud, while he would sit scowling into the newspaper trying to ignore her. 🌳In a census year, the U.S. government attempts to enumerate every single citizen of the country—a task that, even in the modern era of technology, isn't truly possible. Medical tests often require the enumeration of bacteria, viruses, or other organisms to determine the progress of a disease or the effectiveness of a medication. Despite its numer- root, you don't have to use numbers when enumerating. For students of government and law, the "enumerated powers" are the specific responsibilities of the Congress, as listed in the U.S. Constitution; these are the only powers that Congress has, a fact that the Tenth Amendment makes even more clearly. supernumerary Exceeding the usual number.
🌱Whenever the workload for the city's courts and judges gets too large, supernumerary judges are called in to help. 🌳Supernumerary starts off with the Latin prefix super-, "above" （See SUPER.）You may have heard of someone being born with supernumerary teeth, supernumerary fingers, or supernumerary toes. A supernumerary rainbow may show up as a faint line—red, green, or purple—just touching the main colored arc. Supernumerary is also a noun: A supernumerary is usually someone in a crowd scene onstage, otherwise known as an "extra" or a "spear-carrier."
NUMER comes from the Latin words meaning "number" and "to count." A numeral is the symbol that represents a number. Numerous means "many," and innumerable means "countless." Numerical superiority is superiority in numbers, and your numerical standing in a class is a ranking expressed as a number.🌸