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-imal

-imal suffix: used to form names of numerical bases (radixes).

Suffix

-imal

  1. Used to form names of numerical bases (radixes).
    • ennea- (“nine”) + triges- (“thirty”) + -imal → enneatrigesimal (“base 39”)
    • cento- (“one hundred”) + duo- (“two”) + dec- (“ten”) + -imal → centoduodecimal (“base 112”)

Origin of -imal

Rebracketing of decimal, as if it were from dec- + -imal.

Questions about -imal

What does -imal mean?
-imal means used to form names of numerical bases (radixes).
What part of speech is -imal?
-imal is a suffix.

Words near -imal in the dictionary

  1. -ilide
  2. -illiard
  3. -illion
  4. -ily
  5. -im
  6. -imal
  7. -ime
  8. -imibe
  9. -imundo
  10. -imus
  11. -in

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