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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Vigesimal
/vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/
Synonyms for "vigesimal" (4 found)
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Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: vicenarious, vicenary, vicesimal, vigenary.
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Sample sentences
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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.
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "vigesimal"?
Closest matches include vicenarious, vicenary, vicesimal, vigenary.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "vigesimal"?
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