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duodecimal definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system" n
1: one part in twelve equal parts [syn: one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part, duodecimal]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin duodecim — more at dozen Date: 1663 of, relating to, or proceeding by twelve or the scale of twelves • duodecimal noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. relating to or using a system of numerical notation that has 12 as a base. --n. 1 the duodecimal system. 2 duodecimal notation. Derivatives: duodecimally adv. Etymology: L duodecimus twelfth f. duodecim twelve

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Duodecimal Du`o*dec"i*mal, n. 1. A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch. 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.