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sexadecimal

adj

Etymology

1895, from sexa- + decimal. Piecewise doublet of hexadecimal.

  1. derived from decimus
  2. borrowed from decimalis
  3. prefixed as sexadecimal — “sexa + decimal”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to sixteen.

  2. Synonym of hexadecimal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sexadecimal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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