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
- Japanese
- Japanese anemone
- Japanese beetle
- Japanese cedar
- Japanese Current
- Japanese knotweed
- Japanese lantern
- Japanese paper
- Japanese quince
- Japanese stilt grass
- Japanese wax tree
- Japanimation
- Japan, Sea of
- jape
- japery
- Japheth
- Japlish
- japonica
- Japurá River
- Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile
- jar
- jardinière
- jarful
- jargon
- Jargonelle