Wiktionary
n. (context arithmetic English) A set of numerals for representing numbers.
WordNet
n. any notation for the representation of numbers [syn: numeration system, number representation system, system of numeration]
Usage examples of "number system".
Cemp, who, by the designated number system, was in group three, veered off, climbed to the upper atmosphere, and darted a thousand miles over, to his home in Florida.
Well, the question is: Define the octal number system and give me the decimal equivalent of the octal numbers 05726 and 12438.
This, then, is Cantor's Paradise: an entirely new number system of alephs, of infinities beyond measure, never-ending - in a very strong sense of `never'.
The first hint that a cryptographic number system was applied to the Great Gods came with the discovery that the names of the gods Sin, Shamash, and Ishtar were sometimes substituted in the texts by the numbers 30, 20, and 15, respectively.
Little is known about their life cycle and customs, although it was discovered that their number system is based on the number 14 - the number of suction cups on each tentacle.