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Meanings of base-12 in English

A numeral system using twelve as its base.

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Examples for "dozenal"
Examples for "dozenal"
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How would you suggest a change from decimal to dozenal takes place?
The Guardian
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We just find the dozenal system easier, more efficient, and otherwise better than the decimal.
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I keep all my time in dozenal.
The Guardian
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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.
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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...
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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...
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The Duodecimal System) of the measures of surface.
The History of Rome, Book II / From the Abolition of the Monarch...
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The Duodecimal System) of the measures of surface.
The History of Rome, Book II / From the Abolition of the Monarch...
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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 base-12 in English
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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