Found 2 items, similar to duodecimal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: duodecimal
duodecimal
adj : based on twelve;
“the duodecimal number system”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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Duodecimal
\Du`o*dec"i*mal\, n.
1. A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch.
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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.
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