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vigesimal, a.|vaɪ-, vɪˈdʒɛsɪməl|
[f. L. vīgēsimus, var. of vīcēsim-us: see vicesimal a.]
Of or pertaining to twenty; based on the number twenty.
1656Blount Glossogr., Vigesimal, pertaining to the twentieth in number. 1727Bailey (vol. II). 1827F. A. Walter tr. Niebuhr's Rem. Hist. I. 215 The ancient Azteks..calculated a great year of one hundred and four solar years. This they divided according to the Quinal and Vigesimal scale. 1871Darwin Desc. Man I. v. 182 When we speak of three score and ten, we are counting by the vigesimal system. 1881Tylor Anthropol. xiii. (1904) 312 The vigesimal counting (by twenties) which is the regular mode in many languages. |