denary
Americanadjective
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containing ten; tenfold.
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proceeding by tens; decimal.
adjective
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calculated by tens; based on ten; decimal
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containing ten parts; tenfold
Etymology
Origin of denary
1570–80; < Latin dēnārius containing ten, equivalent to dēn ( ī ) ten at a time (derivative of decem ten ) + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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Each one was worth a denary, which was a coin worth about a shilling, or a quarter of a dollar.
From Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by Griffis, William Elliot
The Roman system, except for the use of symbols for five, fifty, &c., is also in the denary scale, though expressed in a different way.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
Egyptian notation was purely denary, the only separate signs being those for 1, 10, 100, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
The figures used in the Hindu notation might be used to express numbers in any other scale than the denary, provided new symbols were introduced if the base of the scale exceeded ten.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
It is unnecessary for us ordinarily to state that we are using the denary scale, because this is always understood in the common affairs of life.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest
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