OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19591

vigesimal

/vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vigésimo
To the base twenty.
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 repeate…
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…
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