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单词 duodecimal
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Definition of duodecimal in English:

duodecimal

adjective ˌdjuːə(ʊ)ˈdɛsɪm(ə)l
  • Relating to or denoting a system of counting or numerical notation that has twelve as a base.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The regime didn't like the 12-base, or duodecimal, calendar (inherited from antiquity and early Christianity), so it tried to impose a decimal calendar.
    • In a duodecimal system (base twelve) why are letters sometimes used instead of numbers?
    • The duodecimal calendar has survived since Babylonian times for a reason.
noun ˌdjuːə(ʊ)ˈdɛsɪm(ə)l
mass noun
  • The system of duodecimal notation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Base 11 is called undenary, Base 12 is called duodenary or duodecimal, Base 16 is called hexadecimal.

Derivatives

  • duodecimally

  • adverb
    • Thus the vast swath of earth subdued by Alexander the Great immediately becomes a desire-object for the contentious successors, who carve it up duodecimally; they run into Parthian and Hindu limits in the East, where the locals respond mimetically to the pattern.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His plan would teach people to count duodecimally with two new digits: eight nine deck ell ten; and this by itself would recommend it, as duodecimal arithmetic is a coming reform.
      • I'll abbreviate it so that ‘12 -’ stands for ‘duodecimally negative’, ‘7 +’ stands for ‘septimally positive’ and ‘12 + +’ stands for ‘duodecimally double-positive’.
      • Most common timings could be handled duodecimally with no need for time signatures.
      • The figures, however, are obviously artificial, for they are usually round sums and, like the geld, frequently duodecimally based.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin duodecimus 'twelfth' (from duodecim 'twelve') + -al.

 
 

Definition of duodecimal in US English:

duodecimal

adjective
  • Relating to or denoting a system of counting or numerical notation that has twelve as a base.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a duodecimal system (base twelve) why are letters sometimes used instead of numbers?
    • The regime didn't like the 12-base, or duodecimal, calendar (inherited from antiquity and early Christianity), so it tried to impose a decimal calendar.
    • The duodecimal calendar has survived since Babylonian times for a reason.
noun
  • The system of duodecimal notation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Base 11 is called undenary, Base 12 is called duodenary or duodecimal, Base 16 is called hexadecimal.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin duodecimus ‘twelfth’ (from duodecim ‘twelve’) + -al.

 
 
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