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Meanings of dozenal in anglès

A numeral system using twelve as its base.

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        Examples for "duodecimal"
        Examples for "duodecimal"
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        Three quarters of the Forms bear a duodecimal impress.
        Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development
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        The consistent duodecimal development of this idea appears to have belonged to the Italian nation, and to have preceded the first contact with the Greeks.
        The History of Rome, Book I / The Period Anterior to the Aboliti...
        3
        They learned to use both the decimal and the duodecimal systems (nowadays we use only the decimal system, which is a great pity).
        Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations
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        But I can't bear Duodecimals, Position, and such things.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 / A Magazin...
        5
        The Duodecimal System) of the measures of surface.
        The History of Rome, Book II / From the Abolition of the Monarch...
        1
        But UTC is still not good enough, grounded as it is in the base-12 tradition, said Yann Gamard, president and CEO of Swatch Group.
        Wired
        1
        The Duodecimal System) of the measures of surface.
        The History of Rome, Book II / From the Abolition of the Monarch...
        2
        They learned to use both the decimal and the duodecimal systems (nowadays we use only the decimal system, which is a great pity).
        Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations
        Usage of dozenal in anglès
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        How would you suggest a change from decimal to dozenal takes place?
        The Guardian
        2
        We just find the dozenal system easier, more efficient, and otherwise better than the decimal.
        The Guardian
        3
        I keep all my time in dozenal.
        The Guardian
        4
        I keep my calendar in dozenal.
        The Guardian
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        Face off: Telling the time using a dozenal clock is simpler, once you get used to the two new digits.
        The Guardian
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        The dozenal minute is 25 seconds, and there are 144 of them in the hour.]
        The Guardian
        7
        The DSA produces an excellent publication, the Duodecimal Bulletin, which contains many reasons why dozenal arithmetic is cleaner and simpler than decimal arithmetic.
        The Guardian
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        This means that on a dozenal clock face, as illustrated above, both the hour hand and the minute hand point to the precise time.
        The Guardian
        9
        The Dozenal Society of Great Britain still flies the flag in the UK.
        The Guardian
        10
        Most dozenalists believe that we should let dozenals speak for themselves.
        The Guardian
        11
        Do you use dozenals in your daily life and how?
        The Guardian
        12
        Telling the time is also more intuitive using dozenals.
        The Guardian
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        Finally, I do just about all my counting and private figuring, except for money, in dozenals.
        The Guardian
        Dozenal through the time