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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one part in twelve equal parts;
[syn: one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part, duodecimal]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. based on twelve;
- Example: "the duodecimal number system"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Duodecimal \Du`o*dec"i*mal\, a. [L. duodecim twelve. See Dozen.] Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves. -- Du`o*dec"i*mal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Duodecimal \Du`o*dec"i*mal\, n. 1. A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Arch.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

duodecimal adj 1: based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system" n 1: one part in twelve equal parts [syn: one-twelfth, twelfth, twelfth part, duodecimal]