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Five vs Novum - What's the difference?

five | novum |

As nouns the difference between five and novum

is that five is the digit/figure 5 while novum is a new feature.

As a numeral five

is a numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots (•••••.

five

English

(wikipedia five)

Alternative forms

* Arabic numerals: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numerals: V

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots (•••••)

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit/figure 5.
    • He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
  • (US) A five-dollar bill.
    • Can anyone here change a five ?
  • Anything measuring five units, as length.
    • All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
  • A person who is five years old.
    • The fives and sixes will have snack first, then the older kids.
  • five o'clock
    • See you at five .
  • A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
    • Take five , soldier.

    Derived terms

    * five and dime * five-and-twenty * five-bar gate * five-card stud * five-finger exercise * five-line whip * five o'clock * high five * low five * take five * gimme five * slap me five

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    novum

    English

    Noun

    (nova)
  • A new feature.
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  • (obsolete) A game of dice, properly called novem quinque , the two principal throws being nine and five.
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    Quotations

    (English Citations of "novum") * 2006 , Adam Roberts, Science Fiction , pages 6-7: *: It seems that this ‘point of difference’, the thing or things that differentiate the world portrayed in science fiction from the world we recognise around us, is the crucial separator between SF and other forms of imaginative or fantastic literature. The critic Darko Suvin has usefully coined the term ‘novum'’, the Latin for ‘new’ or ‘new thing’, to refer to this ‘point of difference’ (the plural is ‘'''nova'''’). An SF text may be based on one '''novum''', such as [...]. More usually it will be predicated on a number of interrelated '''nova''', such as [...]. This ‘' novum ’ must not be supernatural but need not necessarily be a piece of technology. ----