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  • noun Alternative capitalization of III

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being one more than two
  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

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Examples

  • The poem is one of the shortest in Ovid's canon (_Am_ II iii is shorter), and has few parallels with his other poems.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Part iii, which is about looking forward was maybe a bit disappointing to me.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Erik Stolterman 2008

  • Part iii, which is about looking forward was maybe a bit disappointing to me.

    "Being Human -- HCI in the year of 2020" Erik Stolterman 2008

  • This field, called iii offers a powerful way for you to control your destiny.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com MD Mark Hyman 2011

  • Tertullian adds the fast-days on Wednesday and Friday and the anniversaries of the martyrs ( "De cor. mil.", iii; "De orat.", xix).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • The full text of Clarke’s App.iii. is as follows: List of One Hundred and Seventy-two Tales, contained in a manuscript copy of the ‘Àlif Lila va

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • ■ J. .» i. 'iii '■; • - \\\, \. \ l\uti'/./ s cause,

    The works in verse and prose 1812

  • Scapulam ", iii:" Cæcilius Capella in illo exitu Byzantino: Christiani gaudete ").

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • In the future, you could tell a friend you need to drop by a yínháng, rather than a bank.iii In this imagined future, a yínháng whose capital is derived from carbon emissions credits, rather than property mortgages, would be substantively different from a bank, and a better place to stow your hard-earned savings.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Incidentally, some linguists would add PIE to this group, with the view that the language, or some key fraction of its speakers, spread over vast territories through ascendancy built on such technological advances as the spoked chariot wheel and weapons forged of metal.iii

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

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