M (Chiffre romain) — Wikipedia

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(Unicode U+216F) (Bas-de-Casse – U+217F) is the number 1000 in the Roman count. It is often represented by the letter M. It was formerly written with the Roman figure (Unicode U+2180) or φ, and then Ⅽⅰↄ , Ⅽⅰↄ or with other variants in several publications of XV It is And XVI It is centuries.

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Form ↀ is already used at III It is century of. J.-C. And its variants are used until the Middle Ages when it is gradually replaced by the letter M giving the symbol M [ first ] . It can look like a CD ligature or the symbol of infinite ∞ (which is inspired by it). The Roman figure five hundred D is a derived symbol (its right half) [ 2 ] , [ 3 ] . It is also used in certain texts of XV It is And XVI It is centuries to represent the number 1,000, but is sometimes composed with the symbols Ciↄ (or with tiny: ⅽⅰↄ), clↄ, cxↄ or Cↄ, where the last is a C returned, by the printer missing good characters. The Roman figure ten thousand ↂ is also a derived symbol with the addition of a concentric circle, and its half gave the Roman figure five thousand ↁ [ 2 ] .

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  • (in) Steven Schwarzman, Who owns Roman numerals? » , Quantum Magazine  (in) , vol. 6, n O 3, ( read online ) .
  • (in) William D. Swan, The Spelling-Book : Consisting of Words in Columns and Sentences for Oral and Written Exercises , Philadelphie, Thomas, Cowperthwait and company, .

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