| 单词 | local value |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocal value local value n. Mathematics the value represented by a numeral appearing as a digit in the expression of a number.The local value of a such a numeral is determined by its position, e.g. the local value of the ‘3’ in 534 is thirty, or three tens. ΚΠ 1705 tr. A. Taquet Pract. Arithm. i. ii, in tr. Euclid Elements Arithm. 84 Teacheth to write and express any Number given, both which he may easily perform, that rightly understands both the simple and local values [L. valorem..loci] of Figures. 1853 B. Smith Arith. & Algebra (1857) 2 All numbers have a simple or intrinsic value, and also a local value. 1901 N. Hawkins Hand Bk. Calculations for Engineers & Fireman 227 The simple value of a figure is its value when standing in units' place. The local value of a figure is the value which arises from its location. 1919 Sci. Monthly Nov. 458 Our so-called ‘Arabic’ notation owes its excellence to the application of the principle of local value and the use of a symbol for zero. 2000 M. Mohamed Great Muslim Mathematicians ii. 25 About 400 B.C., the Babylonians possessed both the principle of relative local value and the zero symbol. < as lemmas |
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