1.
[syn: one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part, duodecimal]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. based on twelve;
- Example: "the duodecimal number system"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Duodecimal \Du`o*dec"i*mal\, n.
1. A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
duodecimal
adj 1: based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system"
n 1: one part in twelve equal parts [syn: one-twelfth,
twelfth, twelfth part, duodecimal]