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numeral system

noun

  1. any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.

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Acquaintance with the numeral system up to and including millions.

The numeral system is decimal and higher numbers are counted in tens; thus Tamil pattu, “ten”; iru-badu, “two tens,” “twenty.”

This is a serious proposal to alter our numeral system and to count by twelves.

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