Definition of Duodecimals

1. Noun. (plural of duodecimal) ¹

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Definition of Duodecimals

1. duodecimal [n] - See also: duodecimal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duodecimals

dunters
dunting
dunts
dunzo
duo
duo-
duobinary
duocrinin
duodecagon
duodecagons
duodecennial
duodecillion
duodecillions
duodecillionth
duodecimal
duodecimals (current term)
duodecimate
duodecimated
duodecimfid
duodecimo
duodecimos
duodecimvirate
duodecuple
duodena
duodenal
duodenal ampulla
duodenal atresia
duodenal bulb
duodenal cap
duodenal digestion

Literary usage of Duodecimals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The North American Arithmetic by Frederick Emerson (1834)
"duodecimals are compound numbers, the value of whose denominations diminish in a ... The foot being viewed as the unit, duodecimals present the following ..."

2. The Schoolmaster's Assistant: Being a Compendium of Arithmetic, Both by Thomas Dilworth (1818)
"Q, How do you write duodecimals ? r» I // /// nil A. Thus : 3 7 2 3 7, &c. ... mj mark them tin ADDITION OF duodecimals. Note. 12 Fourths make 1 Third. ..."

3. Introduction to The National Arithmetic: On the Inductive System Combining by Benjamin Greenleaf (1874)
"duodecimals decrease from left to right, according to a scale of 12 (Art. 82; ... duodecimals are less used in practice than formerly, since all examples in ..."

4. A Practical Arithmetic by George Payn Quackenbos, George Roberts Perkins (1879)
"duodecimals arc a system of compound numbers, sometimes used as ... Hence the term duodecimals, duodecim being the Latin for twelve. ..."

5. Higher Arithmetic, Or, the Science and Application of Numbers: Combining the by James Bates Thomson (1862)
"duodecimals are a species of compound numbers, the denominations of which ... duodecimals may be added and subtracted in the same manner as the other ..."

6. The New Federal Calculator: Or, Scholar's Assistant: Containing the Most by Thomas T. Smiley (1830)
"What are duodecimals ? What are the denominations of ... ADDITION OF duodecimals. Rale. Add as in Compound Addition, and carry 1 for every 12 to the next ..."

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