It has long been well known that the Mexican numeration is vigesimal, and, as far as I know, there is no proof that it was ever used in the calculation of long reaches of time.
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Numeration
//ˌn(j)uː.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "numeration" (13 found)
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Bulgarian
1 entries- номериране noun (act of counting or numbering)
Dutch
1 entries- nummering noun (act of counting or numbering)
Finnish
4 entries- laskeminen noun (act of counting or numbering)
- luettelu noun (act of counting or numbering)
- numerointi noun (act of counting or numbering)
- numerointi noun (any system of giving names to numbers)
Polish
1 entries- numeracja noun (any system of giving names to numbers)
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