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Definition of Duodecimal

Duodecimal
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.
Duodecimal
Duodecimal Du`o*dec"i*mal, n. 1. A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch. 2. pl. (Arch.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work.

Meaning of Duodecimal from wikipedia

- The duodecimal system, also known as base twelve or dozenal, is a positional numeral system using twelve as its base. In duodecimal, the number twelve...
- Duodecimal system may refer to: duodecimal, a base-12 number system Dewey Decimal classification, a misspelling of the library code This disambiguation...
- following 71 and preceding 73. It is half a gross or six dozen (i.e., 60 in duodecimal). Seventy-two is a pronic number, as it is the product of 8 and 9. It...
- rudimentary duodecimal nomenclature, such as "two gross six dozen" for 360. Ancient Romans used a decimal system for integers, but switched to duodecimal for...
- language known, in which 25 is the higher group of 5. Some Nigerians use duodecimal systems. So did some small communities in India and Nepal, as indicated...
- from the rest of Gwandara, acquired its duodecimal system from neighboring East Kainji languages. It is duodecimal even to powers of base twelve: The Nimbia...
- superior highly composite number, many of the arguments made in favor of the duodecimal system also apply to the senary system. The standard set of digits in...
- 60, 360, and 2520. The use of twelve as a base number, known as the duodecimal system (also as dozenal), originated in Mesopotamia (see also ****agesimal)...
- philosophers. — John W. Nystrom, ca. 1863 In 1875, Nystrom proposed a new duodecimal (base 12) system of notation, arithmetic, and metrology called the Duodenal...
- 15286/jps.129.1.59-84. Retrieved July 24, 2020. Thomas, N.W (1920). "Duodecimal base of numeration". Man. 20 (1): 56–60. doi:10.2307/2840036. JSTOR 2840036...