denary
/den-uh-ree, dee-nuh-/US // ˈdɛn ə ri, ˈdi nə- //UK // (ˈdiːnərɪ) //
拒绝,拒绝接受,拒绝接受采访
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : containing ten; tenfold.
- : proceeding by tens; decimal.
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Examples
Each one was worth a denary, which was a coin worth about a shilling, or a quarter of a dollar.
The numeration was in the denary scale, so that it did not agree absolutely with the notation.
But the system has never spread; and the word “dozen” itself is based on the denary scale.
The words eleven and twelve have been supposed to suggest etymologically a denary basis (see, however, Numeral).
There is no essential difference, however, between this and the denary basis.
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