xii
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doce
- In Roman numerals, XII represents the number twelve.
Examples
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Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri are going to the Big East when the Big XII implodes.
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Four leagues are separating themselves: SEC, Big Ten, Big XII, and Pac-12.
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Chapter XII ends with Don Quijote thanking Pedro for telling the story.
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But it does make me laugh; it collapses the Big XII from under Texas but doesn't let them in the PAC.
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The clock struck XII at midnight, marking the end of the day.
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To convert the Roman numeral XII into digits, you write the number 12.
Synonyms
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A Roman way to write the number twelve
Compounds
- Specialized
A blood protein that helps start clotting and whose low levels make clotting slow
Surface Forms
Etymology
XII is the Roman way to write '12'. It is made of X meaning 'ten' plus II meaning 'two', so you can think of it as 10 + 2 = 12, which is why you see XII on clocks and in chapter numbers.