XXIV
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XXIV
- For a good reproduction of this detail from the painting, see Pierluigi de Vecchi et al., L'opera completa di Raffaello, Milan, 1966, pl. XXIV.
- Vol. XXIV
Examples
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Paper prepared by the National Security Council staff: Persian Gulf, 4 June 1970, U.S. Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) 1969-1976, Vol. XXIV, 257.71
Academic text (2013) -
In his own Lepanto poem, Canto XXIV of La Araucana, Alonso de Ercilla would more fully exploit this imaginary geography.
Academic text (2002) -
I bought XXIV from my local Wal-Mart today, which is a wonderful change of pace for me.
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He even agreed to do an interview for Vol. XXIV*, which I'm sure the majority of us will have by tomorrow, right?
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Amendment XXIV (Prohibited poll tax to vote), 1964; and Amendment XXVI (Voting for 18-year-olds), 1971.
Academic text (2004) -
(n75) Rex Brynen, "The Dynamics of Palestinian Elite Formation," Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. XXIV, No. 3, Spring 1995, pp. 31-43: 38.
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The Roman numeral XXIV represents the number twenty-four.
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My grandfather was born in the year XXIV of that era.
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On the clock face, the hour hand pointed to XXIV at midnight.
Synonyms
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Twenty-four things counted together
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A number equal to twenty plus four
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word XXIV comes from the Roman way of writing numbers, where letters stand for values. Think of it as two tens (XX) and a four (IV): X is 'ten', I is 'one' and V is 'five', and IV means 'one before five', so XXIV is '24'.