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XV

XV

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A Roman numeral for fifteen
  • numeral
translation icon : quince
  • Kenya's argument was that UNCLOS Part XV provided an "agreement on a method of settlement" under Kenya's reservation.
  • XV of Louis
  • XV of Benedict
  • XV Pope

Examples

  • Kenya also invoked UNCLOS Part XV to make a second argument that its reservation excluded the Court's jurisdiction.

    Academic text (2018)

  • In Roman numerals, XV represents the number fifteen.

  • The conclusion, therefore, is that XV is equal to R.

  • So it becomes XV prime plus v = X.

  • What they do is they act on functions of X, let's say V of XV of X.

  • And these are all monomials in the variables which are XV and Lambda.

  • The score of the game was XV to ten at halftime.

  • During the quiz, I answered XV questions correctly.

Synonyms

fifteen
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The number after fourteen and before sixteen

is the same number but written using Roman numerals

Surface Forms

XV cardinal word
15 cardinal digit
15th ordinal digit

Etymology

XV comes from the Roman number system: X means 'ten' and V means 'five', so XV is 'fifteen'. That's why you see XV on clocks, monuments, or event names to mean 'fifteen'.