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hexadecimally

hexadecimally adverb: in the hexadecimal numbering system.

Adverb

hexadecimally (not comparable)

  1. In the hexadecimal numbering system.
    • Your computer has 65535 I/O port addresses (numbered hexadecimally), but uses only a relative few of them.2004, Mark Edward Soper, Absolute Beginner's Guide to A+ Certification
    • If flags refer to the same bit position, they are added hexadecimally.2004, Jan de Clercq, Windows Server 2003 security infrastructures

Origin of hexadecimally

From hexadecimal + -ly.

Questions about hexadecimally

What does hexadecimally mean?
Hexadecimally means in the hexadecimal numbering system.
What part of speech is hexadecimally?
Hexadecimally is an adverb.

Words near hexadecimally in the dictionary

  1. hexadecile
  2. hexadeciles
  3. hexadecimal
  4. hexadecimal time
  5. hexadecimal times
  6. hexadecimally
  7. hexadecimals
  8. hexadecyl
  9. hexadecylamine
  10. hexadecyloxymethyl
  11. hexadecyls

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