pentimal

English

Etymology

From pent-, by analogy with decimal.

Adjective

pentimal (not comparable)

  1. (rare, of a positional numeral system) Using a base of 5; quinary.

Noun

pentimal (countable and uncountable, plural pentimals)

  1. (rare, uncountable) The abstract numeral system underlying any pentimal numeral system; quinary.
  2. (rare, countable) A numeral as written in such a system; a quinary.

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