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pentadecimal

pentadecimal adjective: based on the number 15; using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D and E.

Adjective

pentadecimal (not comparable)

  1. Based on the number 15; using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D and E.
    • Kleene [13] uses a similar approach, based on Turing machine encodings over an alphabet of fifteen symbols, which are then translated into pentadecimal numbers.1980 April, Norman H Cohen, “Gödel numbers: a new approach to structured programming”, in ACM SIGPLAN Notices
    Synonyms:
    base 15, quindecimal

Synonyms of pentadecimal

Origin of pentadecimal

From penta- + decimal.

Questions about pentadecimal

What does pentadecimal mean?
Pentadecimal means based on the number 15; using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D and E.
What part of speech is pentadecimal?
Pentadecimal is an adjective.

Words near pentadecimal in the dictionary

  1. pentadecenoate
  2. pentadecenoates
  3. pentadecenoic
  4. pentadecenoic acid
  5. pentadecenoyl
  6. pentadecimal
  7. pentadecimals
  8. pentadecyl
  9. pentadecylic
  10. pentadecyls
  11. pentadecyne

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