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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.





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"Duodecimal" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Duodecimal" :   duodecimal notation, duodecimal digit, common fraction, duodecimal number system, quantitative, twelfth part


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