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Definition of Three-figure
1. Adjective. (of numbers) written with three figures. "100 through 999 are three-figure numbers"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Three-figure
Literary usage of Three-figure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rendering of Nature in Early Greek Art by Emanuel Loewy (1907)
"more varied and intimate relationship could not be suppressed. The " three-figure
reliefs " (43) are evidence of the endeavour, as also of the impossibility ..."
2. The Elements of Plane Trigonometry by Pitt Durfee (1900)
"A three-figure number; Take out the tabular mantissa that lies in line with ...
A number of less than three figures; Make the number a three-figure number ..."
3. Logarithmic Tables by George William Jones (1893)
"138-139, gives the squares of all three-figure numbers in full ; and a change
... 140-141, gives the cubes of three-figure numbers correct to six figures. ..."
4. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1908)
"In a three-figure group there are three points of interest represented by the heads,
... In three-figure groups, an object of interest, as in this picture, ..."
5. Logarithmic Tables by George William Jones (1898)
"138-139, gives the squares of all three-figure numbers in full ; and a change
... 140-141, gives the cubes of three-figure numbers correct to six figures. ..."
6. A Drill-book in Trigonometry by George William Jones, James Edward Oliver (1896)
"A three-figure number: Take out the tabular mantissa that lies in line with ...
A number of less than three figures: Make the number a three-figure num ber ..."
7. Efficiency Arithmetic by Charles Ernest Chadsey, James Hamblin Smith (1920)
"three-figure MULTIPLIERS 1. Multiply 9854 by 258; by 208; by 260. 9854 9854 9854
258 208 260 78832 78832 ..."
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