decimal numeration system
21Āryabhaṭa numeration — Numeral systems by culture Hindu Arabic numerals Western Arabic (Hindu numerals) Eastern Arabic Indian family Tamil Burmese Khmer Lao Mongolian Thai East Asian numerals Chinese Japanese Suzhou Korean Vietnamese …
22duodecimal system — noun a positional system of numeration that uses duodecimal digits and a radix of twelve • Syn: ↑duodecimal number system • Hypernyms: ↑positional notation, ↑positional representation system * * * duodecimal system noun 1. A system of numbers in… …
23bijective numeration — noun A numeral system that uses digits to establish a bijection between finite strings and the positive integers, especially by k adic notation such as unary and decimal without a zero …
24positional notation — noun a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position • Syn: ↑positional representation system • Hypernyms: ↑numeration system, ↑number system,… …
25algorism — noun 1. the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration • Hypernyms: ↑decimal numeration system, ↑decimal number system, ↑decimal system 2. computation with Arabic figures • Hypernyms: ↑arithmetic …
26mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …
27Duodecimal — For the similar sounding classification system, see Dewey Decimal Classification. Numeral systems by culture Hindu Arabic numerals Western Arabic (Hindu numerals) Eastern Arabic Indian family Tamil Burmese Khmer Lao Mongolian Thai East Asian… …
28numerals and numeral systems — ▪ mathematics Introduction a collection of symbols used to represent small numbers, together with a system of rules for representing larger numbers. Just as the first attempts at writing came long after the development of speech, so… …
29Numeral (linguistics) — This article is about the linguistic concept of words that represent numbers. For the mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, see Numeral system. In linguistics, number names (or numerals) are specific words in a natural… …
30algebra — /al jeuh breuh/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with general statements of relations, utilizing letters and other symbols to represent specific sets of numbers, values, vectors, etc., in the description of such relations. 2. any of… …
