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du·o·dec·i·mal    Audio Help   [doo-uh-des-uh-muhl, dyoo-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to twelfths or to the number 12.
2.proceeding by twelves.
–noun
3.one of a system of numbers based on the number 12.
4.one of 12 equal parts.

[Origin: 1705–15; < L duodecim twelve + -al1]

du·o·dec·i·mal·i·ty, noun
du·o·dec·i·mal·ly, adverb
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du·o·dec·i·mal    Audio Help   (dōō'ə-děs'ə-məl, dyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or based on the number 12: the duodecimal number system.
  2. Of or relating to twelfths.

n.   A twelfth.


[From Latin duodecimus, twelfth, from duodecim, twelve : duo, two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + decem, ten; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
duodecimal 
1714, from L. in duodecimo "(folded) in twelve," in reference to a book in which each page is the twelfth part of the printer's sheet.

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duodecimal

adjective
1. based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system" 

noun
1. one part in twelve equal parts [syn: one-twelfth

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duodecimal    Audio Help   (d'ə-děs'ə-məl)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or based on the number 12; having 12 as the base. In the duodecimal number system, each digit represents a multiple of a power of 12 instead of 10. Thus the duodecimal number 24 represents (2 × 121) + (4 × 120), or 28.

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Duodecimal

Doz"en\, n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens. [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]

1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. "Some six or seven dozen of Scots." "A dozen of shirts to your back." "A dozen sons." "Half a dozen friends." --Shak.

2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.

A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
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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.
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