senary
/ˈsiːnəri
/ /ˈsɛnəri/adjective rare
Relating to or based on the number six: in the binary scale only two characters are wanted, namely 1 and 0; in the senary, six; in the decimal, ten...
- Base 2 is called binary, Base 3 is called ternary, Base 4 is called quaternary, Base 5 is called quinary, Base 6 is called senary, Base 7 is called septenary, Base 8 is called octonary or octal.
- Because six is the product of the first two prime numbers and is adjacent to the next two prime numbers, many senary fractions have simple representations.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin senarius 'containing six', based on sex 'six'.
Rhymes
- handsome is as handsome does
- handsomeish
- handsomely
- handsomeness
- hand someone off
- hand someone something on a plate
- hand someone/thing over
- hand something down
- hand something in
- hand something on
- hand something out
- hand something round (or around)
- handsomish
- hands-on
- handspaik
- handspake
- handspan
- hand specimen
- hand spectroscope
- handspike
- handspike ring
- handspoke
- handspring
- handstaff
- handstamp