Vigesimal is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Vigesimal in a sentence
Vigesimal meaning
- Occurring in intervals of twenty.
- To the base twenty.
Synonyms of Vigesimal
Using Vigesimal
- The main meaning on this page is: Occurring in intervals of twenty. | To the base twenty.
- Useful related words include: large integer.
Context around Vigesimal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vigesimal
- In this selection, "vigesimal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, modified, system, summing and positional stand out and add context to how "vigesimal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hexadecimal and vigesimal summing digits and in the vigesimal system is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vigesimal" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vigesimal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In these languages the systems are vigesimal up to 99, then decimal from 100 up. (15 words)
Other number systems exist, such as binary, octal, hexadecimal and vigesimal ; summing digits in these bases yields different results. (19 words)
In fact, every known example of large numbers uses this 'modified vigesimal' system, with the third position representing multiples of 18×20. (22 words)
Whereas 39 in the vigesimal system is pedwar ar bymtheg ar hugain main ("four on fifteen on twenty") or even deugain namyn un main ("two score minus one"), in the decimal system it is tri deg naw main ("three tens nine"). (41 words)
In fact, every known example of large numbers uses this 'modified vigesimal' system, with the third position representing multiples of 18×20. (22 words)
Zero The Maya/ Mesoamerican Long Count calendar required the use of zero as a place-holder within its vigesimal positional numeral system. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
In fact, every known example of large numbers uses this 'modified vigesimal' system, with the third position representing multiples of 18×20.
In these languages the systems are vigesimal up to 99, then decimal from 100 up.
Other number systems exist, such as binary, octal, hexadecimal and vigesimal ; summing digits in these bases yields different results.
Whereas 39 in the vigesimal system is pedwar ar bymtheg ar hugain main ("four on fifteen on twenty") or even deugain namyn un main ("two score minus one"), in the decimal system it is tri deg naw main ("three tens nine").
Zero The Maya/ Mesoamerican Long Count calendar required the use of zero as a place-holder within its vigesimal positional numeral system.