III

See also: iii

Ⅲ U+2162, Ⅲ ROMAN NUMERAL THREE ← Ⅱ [U+2161] Number Forms Ⅳ → [U+2163]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• iii
• IIJ, iij (archaic)
• IIV, iiv (nonstandard)
• III. (ordinal number)

Etymology

Compound of I +‎ I +‎ I, the Roman numeral for the number one (1), as an extension of II.

Symbol

III

1. A Roman numeral representing the number three (3).
   • 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg, Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN‎^[1] (in English), archived from the original on 21 August 2020:

     “The Budget does not include funding for the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). SIP is duplicative of other Title III and V program funding for institutional support activities.

2. Third, in the context of denoting the third person in a family or an office with the same name.
4. March.

   Comeronyms: I, i, 1; II, ii, 2; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VI, vi, 6; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XI, xi, 11; XII, xii, 12

5. (inorganic chemistry) Specifying an oxidation state of 3
6. (spectroscopy) Describing an atom that has lost two electrons
7. (music) major mediant triad

Descendants

• ⇒ English: IIIth

See also

(Roman numeral):

• Previous: II – two (2)
• Next: IV – four (4)