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numbers pool — noun an illegal daily lottery • Syn: ↑numbers game, ↑numbers racket, ↑numbers • Hypernyms: ↑lottery, ↑drawing * * * noun see numbers game * * * … Useful english dictionary
Numbers, Book of — The fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew be midbar, i.e., in the wilderness. In the LXX. version it is called Numbers, and this name is now the usual title of the book. It is so called because it contains a record of the … Easton's Bible Dictionary
numbers pool — 1. Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc. 2. policy2… … Universalium
Numbers (Cat Stevens album) — Numbers A Pythagorean Theory Tale Studio album by Cat Stevens Released November 30, 1975 … Wikipedia
NUMBERS RABBAH — NUMBERS RABBAH, aggadic Midrash to the Book of Numbers, also called Va Yedabber Rabbah in medieval literature. (For the name Rabbah see ruth rabbah .) Structure The book is divided into 23 sections. The Midrash on chapters 1–8 of the book of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Numbers 1-0 — Artist Robert Indiana Year 1980 (1980) 1983 Type Painted aluminum Dimensions 2.4 m × … Wikipedia
Numbers and fractions — This entry deals with: • numbers, such as 4, 108, and 1,001 • Roman numerals, such as IV, XII, and XXXII • ordinal numbers, such as seventh , twenty first , and 63rd • fractions, decimals, and percentages, such as *41/2, 3.142, and 21% • ways of… … Useful english dictionary
numbers and fractions — This entry deals with: • numbers, such as 4, 108, and 1,001 • Roman numerals, such as IV, XII, and XXXII • ordinal numbers, such as seventh , twenty first , and 63rd • fractions, decimals, and percentages, such as *41/2, 3.142, and 21% • ways of… … Useful english dictionary
Numbers station — Fictional example of a numbers station. Numbers stations (or number stations) are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. In the 1950s, Time magazine reported that the numbers stations first appeared shortly after World War II and were… … Wikipedia
Numbers game — Cut number redirects here; cut number also refers to the codes used to identify pasta varieties. Numbers game, also known as a numbers racket, policy racket or Italian lottery, is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in the… … Wikipedia
NUMBERS, TYPICAL AND IMPORTANT — Biblical numbers are primarily based on the decimal system, which is of Hamito Egyptian origin. The sexagesimal system, however, which ultimately derives from Sumerian usage, also plays an important role in Scripture, and since 60 is divisible by … Encyclopedia of Judaism
