Sentence examples for ancient numbers from inspiring English sources
Robert Weiner, the spokesman for General McCaffrey, said Mr. Bush was using "ancient numbers".
Extrapolating this into a name is an example of gematria, an ancient numbers game that assigns each letter of the alphabet a numerical value.
Pi, which is denoted by the Greek letter π, is the most famous ratio in mathematics, and is one of the most ancient numbers known to humanity.
Ancient numbers such as Showgirl and Starstruck, transformed into game-show Muzak by the string section, are sung as if they still mean something to their author, who smacks an acoustic guitar for good measure.
Its appearance in the disks of the Moon and the Sun, makes it as one of the most ancient numbers known to humanity.
When the focus is on the integer solutions, one talks about "Diophantine equations" (after the ancient number theorist Diophantus of Alexandria).
When James VII revived the Order, the statutes stated that the Order would continue the ancient number of Knights, which was described in the preceding warrant as "the Sovereign and twelve Knights-Brethren in allusion to the Blessed Saviour and his Twelve Apostles".
One of the less calamitous pieces of damage done by Hurricane Sandy was this: It knocked the facade off a wall on South Street just north of Broad Street near the East River, revealing a time capsule of hand-carved 1970s graffiti that included ancient phone numbers and declarations of love.
Interestingly, significant phylogeographic signals (nSSRs, RST > FST) were mostly detected between major gene pools, suggesting ancient divergence (number of generations comparable or larger than the reciprocal of the mutation rate; [ 23]).
In keeping with Benedict's longstanding plan for the trip, the message appeared to be aimed principally to bolster Christians in the region, an ancient community whose numbers have dwindled in recent decades because of wars, occupations and discrimination.
She recorded episodes of harsh weather, muddy roads, unreliable mail deliveries, the resemblance of passers-by to their own cultures' ancient statues, the numbers of times she reworked failed drawings.
