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Arabic numeral

American  
Or Arabic figure

noun

  1. one of the characters 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, in general European use since the 12th century.

Arabic numeral British  

noun

  1. one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals )

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Arabic numeral Scientific  
/ ăr′ə-bĭk /

  1. One of the numerical symbols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 0. They are called Arabic numerals because they were introduced into western Europe from sources of Arabic scholarship.

Etymology

Origin of Arabic numeral

First recorded in 1840–50

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