zero
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digit (mathematics)
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Medieval Latin | |
Lexeme | cifra | |
Meaning 1 | zero | Decima figura dicitur theta, vel circulus, vel cifra, vel figura nihili quia nihil significat, sed locum tenens dat aliis significare: nam sine cifra vel cifris purus non potest scribi articulus.(Johannes de Sacrobosco, De Arte Numerandi, ca. 1230)
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Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | digit (mathematics) | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment | from Arabic ṣifr 'empty, zero' |