Decimal vs. Vigesimal

Decimalnoun

(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

Decimalnoun

The decimal system itself.

Decimalnoun

(informal) A decimal place.

Decimalnoun

(informal) A decimal point.

Decimaladjective

Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

Decimaladjective

Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

Decimalnoun

A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.

Decimalnoun

a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10

Decimalnoun

a number in the decimal system

Decimaladjective

numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten;

Decimaladjective

divided by tens or hundreds;

Decimal

The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system, and occasionally called denary or decanary) is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers. It is the extension to non-integer numbers of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system.

Vigesimaladjective

Occurring in intervals of twenty.

Vigesimaladjective

(arithmetic) To the base twenty.

Vigesimalnoun

A twentieth part.

Vigesimaladjective

Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty parts.

Vigesimaladjective

relating to or based on the number twenty

Vigesimal

A vigesimal () or base-20 (base-score) numeral system is based on twenty (in the same way in which the decimal numeral system is based on ten). Vigesimal is derived from the Latin adjective vicesimus, meaning 'twentieth'.