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Definitions for: Duodecimal [adj] based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
Synonyms: quantitative
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