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duodecimal
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Duodecimal \Du`o*dec"i*mal\, a. [L. duodecim twelve. See Dozen .] Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves. -- Du`o*dec"i*mal*ly , adv.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system"
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The duodecimal system (also known as base 12 or dozenal ) is a positional notation numeral system using twelve as its base . In this system, the number ten may be written by a rotated "2" (2) and the number eleven by a rotated "3" (3). This notation was ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context arithmetic English) Of a number, expressed in base 12. n. (context arithmetic English) A number system that uses 12 as its base.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1714, from Latin in duodecimo (see duodecimo ).
Usage examples of duodecimal.
This was something that was sort of done to me at first, but I soon saw the advantages of the duodecimal system.
I found that I was doing everything in decimal rather than the duodecimal arithmetic that I had taught everybody else.
I may add, before I quit this subject, that the Martial system of arithmetic differs from ours principally in the use of a duodecimal instead of a decimal basis.
All of these numbers were in base twelve, of course, for since they have six claws on each hand, the Mitchegai naturally developed a duodecimal numbering system.
The English use duodecimals and have special words for them, namely dozen and gross.
Please specify data format and decimal, duodecimal, or binary numeration.