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Denary

Denary \Den"a*ry\, a. [L. denarius. See 2d Denier.] Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.

Denary

Denary \Den"a*ry\, n.

  1. The number ten; a division into ten.

  2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius.
    --Udall.

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Etymology 1 n. An ancient coin, the denarius. Etymology 2

a. 1 Containing ten parts. 2 Based on the number ten.

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denary

  1. adj. containing ten or ten parts [syn: tenfold]

  2. numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal system" [syn: decimal]

Usage examples of "denary".

It is working in the denary (or ten) scale of notation, a system undoubtedly derived from the fact that our forefathers who devised it had ten fingers upon which they were accustomed to count, like our children of to-day.

It is unnecessary for us ordinarily to state that we are using the denary scale, because this is always understood in the common affairs of life.

To reverse the operation, and convert 2,341 from the denary to the septenary scale, we divide it by 7, and get 334 and remainder 3.