单词 | duodenary |
释义 | duodenaryadj.n. A. adj. 1. Arithmetic. Pertaining to twelve; proceeding by twelves. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > twelve > counting in twelves duodecimal1727 tolfraedic1813 uncial1842 duodenary1857 1857 Sat. Rev. 3 448/1 The use of the duodenary division of the shilling. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Duodenary arithmetic, that system in which the local value of the figures increases in a twelve-fold proportion from right to left. 1890 Times (Weekly ed.) 17 Jan. 15/1 The duo-denary system of calculation. 2. Music. Relating to duodenes. ΚΠ 1874 A. J. Ellis in Proc. Royal Soc. 23 21 The fingering..on manuals constructed on the duodenary theory. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 224 In the beginning of the Duodenary. 2. Music. A keyboard constructed according to duodenes. See A. 2. ΚΠ 1874 A. J. Ellis in Proc. Royal Soc. 28 The hand would on the duodenary..dip between high digitals to strike octaves of low digitals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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