单词 | three-figure |
释义 | > as lemmasthree-figure three-figure adj. consisting of three digits; one hundred or more (pounds, runs, miles per hour, etc.); calculated to three decimal places. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > written or designated by figures > grouping of figures four-figure1842 three-figure1855 double-digit1959 six-figure1963 double-figure1966 1855 J. Lang Forger's Wife xv. 44 ‘There is not a really good placard on the walls—tens, and fifteens, and twenties; but not a single three-figure gentleman’ (he meant £100) ‘among 'em.’ 1861 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. VII. 1007 A. De Morgan. Three-figure logarithms: three figures of numbers to three of logarithm, complete, on a sheet of 7½ by 6 inches. 1929 Star 21 Aug. 12/1 A three-figure stand. 1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 5 It was a great car—a Jag. Mark II—well capable of three-figure speeds. 1978 R. V. Jones Most Secret War xxi. 174 Assuming..that the three-figure entries were bearings. < as lemmas |
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