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Duodecimal   Listen
noun
Duodecimal  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.


adjective
Duodecimal  adj.  Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves.





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"Duodecimal" Quotes from Famous Books



... attempt, not only for the reason he presents, but also because it does not agree with natural division, and is therefore not suited to commerce; neither is it suited to the average capacity of mankind for numbers; for, though some may be able to use duodecimal numeration and notation with ease, the great majority find themselves equal to decimal only, and some come short even of that, except in its simplest use. Theoretically, twelve should be preferred to ten, because ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 • Various
... to be of Germanic origin, the duodecimal hundred, Ger. Grosshundert, being Norse or Gothic. But Ger. Grosshundert ...
— The Romance of Words (4th ed.) • Ernest Weekley


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