Twelve vs Three - What's the difference?
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The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
A group of twelve items.
A twelve-bore gun.
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(legal) (colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
(cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
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(of a set or group) Having three elements.
The digit/figure 3.
Anything measuring three units, as length.
A person who is three years old.
The playing card featuring three pips.
As numerals the difference between twelve and three
is that twelve is the cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in arabic numerals as 12 and in roman numerals as xii while three is (cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••).As nouns the difference between twelve and three
is that twelve is a group of twelve items while three is the digit/figure 3.twelve
English
(wikipedia twelve)Alternative forms
* Arabic numerals: * Roman numerals: XIINumeral
(head)- There are twelve months in a year.
See also
* Last: eleven. Next: thirteenNoun
(en noun)- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves .
- In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerless twelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.
See also
* dozenStatistics
* English cardinal numbersthree
English
(wikipedia three)Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Numeral
(head)- Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
Synonyms
* (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)See also
*Noun
(en noun)- Put all the threes in a separate container.
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.