Vigesimal

//vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l//

Synonyms for "vigesimal" (5 found)

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Translations

17 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • двайсетичен adj (to the base twenty)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 二十進位 /二十进位 adj (to the base twenty)

Czech

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  • dvacítková soustava adj (to the base twenty)

Dutch

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  • twintigtallig adj (to the base twenty)
  • vigesimaal adj (to the base twenty)

Finnish

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  • 20-kantainen (kaksikymmenkantainen) adj (to the base twenty)

French

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  • vicésimal adj (to the base twenty)
  • vigésimal adj (to the base twenty)

Georgian

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  • ოცობითი adj (to the base twenty)

German

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  • vigesimal adj (to the base twenty)

Greek

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  • εικοσαδικός adj (to the base twenty)

Italian

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  • vigesimale adj (to the base twenty)

Japanese

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  • 二十進法 adj (to the base twenty)

Korean

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  • 이십진법 adj (to the base twenty)

Polish

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  • dwudziestkowy adj (to the base twenty)

Russian

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  • двадцатичная систе́ма adj (to the base twenty)

Spanish

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  • vigésimo adj (to the base twenty)

Sample sentences

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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.

Source: tatoeba (12354383)

For indeed, looking at the activity of the historic Pen and Press through this last half-century, and what bulk of History it yields for that period alone, and how it is henceforth like to increase in decimal or vigesimal geometric progression,—one might feel as if a day were not distant, when perceiving that the whole Earth would not now contain those writings of what was done in the Earth, the human memory must needs sink confounded, and cease remembering!— […]

Source: wiktionary

To go on by hands and feet to 20, and thence to reckon by twenties, is a vigesimal notation. Now though in the larger proportion of known languages, no distinct mention of fingers and toes, hands and feet, is observable in the numerals themselves, yet the very schemes of quinary, decimal and vigesimal notation remain to vouch for such hand-and-foot counting having been the original method on which they were founded.

Source: wiktionary

The most remarkable vigesimal scale of numeration is that of the Mexicans. The decimal scale is adopted as far as twenty; that is to say, after ten the primitive digits are repeated, but from twenty onwards the numbers are taken by twenties. Thus 34 is canlahhutukal, literally fourteen and twenty.

Source: wiktionary

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