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pentimal

pentimal adjective: using a base of 5; quinary.

Adjective

pentimal (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Using a base of 5; quinary.

Noun

pentimal (countable and uncountable, plural pentimals)

  1. (rare, uncountable) The abstract numeral system underlying any pentimal numeral system; quinary.
  2. (countable, rare) A numeral as written in such a system; a quinary.

Forms of pentimal

pluralpentimals

Origin of pentimal

From pent-, by analogy with decimal.

Questions about pentimal

What does pentimal mean?
Pentimal means using a base of 5; quinary.
What part of speech is pentimal?
Pentimal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pentimal in the dictionary

  1. pentile
  2. pentiled
  3. pentiles
  4. pentiling
  5. pentille
  6. pentimal
  7. pentimals
  8. pentiment
  9. pentimenti
  10. pentimento
  11. pentimentoed

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