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  2. 24 (number) - Wikipedia

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    24 is also: The number of bits a computer needs to represent 24-bit color images (for a maximum of 16,777,216 colours—but greater numbers of bits provide more accurate colors). The number of karats representing 100% pure gold .

  3. Chinese numerology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese numerology. Some numbers are believed by some to be auspicious or lucky (吉利, pinyin: jílì; Cantonese Yale: gātleih) or inauspicious or unlucky (不吉, pinyin: bùjí; Cantonese Yale: bātgāt) based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to. The numbers 6 and 8 are widely considered to be lucky, while 4 is considered ...

  4. Numbers in Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia

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    The number seven was apparently the Egyptian symbol of such ideas as perfection, effectiveness, and completeness. Examples. Seven thousand barrels of red beer were used to trick Sekhmet out of killing. In her search for her husband's pieces, the goddess Isis was guarded by seven scorpions. A legendary famine lasted seven years.

  5. Biblical numerology - Wikipedia

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    The 144,000 (Rev. 7:4; 14:1, 3) are the multiples of 12 x 12 x 10 x 10 x 10, a symbolic number that signifies the total number (tens) of the people of God (twelves). The 12,000 stadia (12 x 10 x 10 x 10) of the walls of the New Jerusalem in Rev. 21:16 represent an immense city that can house the total number (tens) of God's people (twelves).

  6. Numerology - Wikipedia

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    The practice within Jewish tradition of assigning mystical meaning to words based on their numerical values, and on connections between words of equal value, is known as gematria. [14] The Mandaean number alphasyllabary is also used for numerology (Mandaic: gmaṭ aria). The Book of the Zodiac is an important Mandaean text on numerology. [15]

  7. Buddhist symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist symbolism is the use of symbols ... mandalas, the number 108 and the Buddha eyes (or wisdom eyes) ... [24] it was seen wrong to ...

  8. Chinese numerals - Wikipedia

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    10 24: 10 32: 10 40: 10 48: 10 56: 10 64: ... Hand symbol for the number six. There is a common method of using of one hand to signify the numbers one to ten. While ...

  9. Ouroboros - Wikipedia

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    Ouroboros. An ouroboros in a 1478 drawing in an alchemical tract [1] The ouroboros or uroboros (/ ˌjʊərəˈbɒrəs /; [2] / ˌʊərəˈbɒrəs / [3]) is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon [4] eating its own tail. The ouroboros entered Western tradition via ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek magical tradition.