xvi

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A way of writing the number sixteen using the letters X V and I

numeral

: XVI

XVI Louis
XVI Rule
XVI Article

Examples

Article XVI, Section 5, California State Constitution.

Academic text (2006)
The effect was to alter the operation of Rule XVI without touching its text.

Academic text (2004)
Legislative amendments on appropriation bills violated Senate Rule XVI, which exists in part to separate authorizations from appropriations.

Academic text (2004)
28 See the preface to Semundr's Edda, Copenhagen, 1786, p. XVI.

Academic text (1996)
In November 1979, Byrd led a majority of Senators present in setting a precedent that ran directly contrary to the plain language of Senate Standing Rule XVI, the rule governing consideration of general appropriations bills.

Academic text (2004)
On June 26, the court finds that the city's sale of the cross to the MSMA violates Article XVI, section 5, of the California Constitution, which prohibits government from affording any financial advantage or subsidy to religion.

Academic text (2006)
The Roman numeral XVI represents the number sixteen.
In ancient Rome, they used XVI as the symbol for sixteen.
When counting with Roman numerals, XVI is followed by XVII.

Synonyms

sixteen

vsxvi

289 1.0

The number after fifteen and before seventeen

is a Roman numeral symbol used to represent that quantity

XVI

vsxvi

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A Roman numeral for the number sixteen

is the Roman numeral written with lowercase letters

Surface Forms

xvi roman numeral

Etymology

The word xvi is the Roman numeral for sixteen. It is made of X ('ten') and VI ('six'), so think 'ten plus six' to remember it, as you see it in chapter numbers or names like Louis XVI.