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Duodecimal : adj : based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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