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• round figures — numbers which have been evened off to the closest number …   English contemporary dictionary

• in round figures — {adv. phr.} As an estimated number; as a rounded off figure containing no decimals or fractions. * /Skip the cents and just tell me in round figures how much this car repair will cost./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• in round figures — {adv. phr.} As an estimated number; as a rounded off figure containing no decimals or fractions. * /Skip the cents and just tell me in round figures how much this car repair will cost./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• in\ round\ figures — • in round numbers • in round figures adv. phr. As an estimated number; as a rounded off figure containing no decimals or fractions. Skip the cents and just tell me in round figures how much this car repair will cost …   Словарь американских идиом

• 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

• round — I [[t]ra͟ʊnd[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦♦ (Round is an adverb and preposition that has the same meanings as around . Round is often used with verbs of movement, such as walk and drive , and also in phrasal verbs such as get round and hand… …   English dictionary

• round — /raʊnd / (say rownd) adjective 1. circular, as a disc. 2. ring shaped, as a hoop. 3. curved like part of a circle, as an outline. 4. having a circular cross section, as a cylinder. 5. spherical or globular, as a ball. 6. rounded more or less like …  

• in round numbers — See: IN ROUND FIGURES …   Dictionary of American idioms

• in round numbers — See: IN ROUND FIGURES …   Dictionary of American idioms

• in\ round\ numbers — • in round numbers • in round figures adv. phr. As an estimated number; as a rounded off figure containing no decimals or fractions. Skip the cents and just tell me in round figures how much this car repair will cost …   Словарь американских идиом

• Significant figures — The significant figures (also called significant digits) of a number are those digits that carry meaning contributing to its precision. This includes all digits except: leading and trailing zeros where they serve merely as placeholders to… …   Wikipedia