| 单词 | senary scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmassenary scale Pertaining to the number six. senary scale: the scale of arithmetical notation of which the radix is six. senary division: division into six parts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [adjective] > relating to number six senary1661 sexenary1815 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Senarie, that contains or belongs to the number six. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Senary, that which consists of Six. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Senary, belonging to the number six; containing six. 1810 P. Barlow in Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Mar. 183 Thus, in the binary scale only two characters are wanted, namely 1 and 0; in the senary, six; in the decimal, ten. 1810 P. Barlow in Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Mar. 186 Transform 11111 to the senary scale. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 81 The Cephalotus of Labillardière, offers a remarkable exception to the usual characters..in the senary division of its flower [etc.]. 1881 H. Bauerman Textbk. Syst. Mineral. ii. 11 The only other class of symmetry possible in crystals is senary or hexagonal, corresponding to a rotation of one-sixth of a revolution, such as that of a regular hexagonal prism about its axis. < as lemmas |
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