"hexadecimal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/ Audio: En-us-hexadecimal.ogg [US]
Etymology: 1952. hexadeca- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hexadeca|decimal}} hexadeca- + decimal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hexadecimal (not comparable)
  1. Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Sixteen Synonyms: base-sixteen [arithmetic, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Related terms: base, binary, decimal, octal, 0x Translations (expressed in hexadecimal): hexadecimal (Catalan), šestnáctkový (Czech), hexadecimální (Czech), hexadecimal (Danish), hexadecimaal (Dutch), hexadecimale (Dutch), deksesuma (Esperanto), heksadesimaalinen (Finnish), hexadécimal (French), hexadecimal (Galician), hexadezimal (German), δεκαεξαδικός (dekaexadikós) [masculine] (Greek), הקסדצימלי (hexadetsimáli) [masculine] (Hebrew), הקסדצימלית (hexadetsimálit) [feminine] (Hebrew), hexadecimális (Hungarian), sextándatala [feminine] (Icelandic), esadecimale (Italian), sedecimalis (Latin), szesnastkowy (Polish), hexadecimal (Portuguese), hexadecimal (Romanian), шестнадцатери́чный (šestnadcateríčnyj) (Russian), хексадецималан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heksadecimalan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hexadecimal (Spanish), hexadecimal [common-gender] (Swedish), hecsadegol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hexadecimal-en-adj-2MtX5f1p Disambiguation of Sixteen: 21 41 38

Noun

IPA: /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/ Audio: En-us-hexadecimal.ogg [US] Forms: hexadecimals [plural]
Etymology: 1952. hexadeca- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hexadeca|decimal}} hexadeca- + decimal Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hexadecimal (countable and uncountable, plural hexadecimals)
  1. (arithmetic, computing, uncountable) A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Arithmetic, Computing, Sixteen Translations (number system with base sixteen): hexadecimální soustava [feminine] (Czech), šestnáctková soustava [feminine] (Czech), hexadecimale talsystem [neuter] (Danish), sekstentalssystem [neuter] (Danish), heksadecimale talstelsel [neuter] (Dutch), heksadesimaalijärjestelmä (english: system) (Finnish), heksadesimaaliluku [numeral] (Finnish), hexadécimal [masculine] (French), Hexadezimalsystem [neuter] (German), Sedezimalsystem [neuter] (German), δεκαεξαδικό (dekaexadikó) [neuter] (Greek), בסיס הקסדצימלי (basís hexadetsimáli) [masculine] (Hebrew), sextándakerfi [neuter] (Icelandic), sextándatala [feminine] (Icelandic), sistema numerico esadecimale [masculine] (Italian), 十六進法 (jūrokushinhō) (alt: じゅうろくしんほう) (Japanese), sekstentallsystem (Norwegian), system szesnastkowy [masculine] (Polish), sistema hexadecimal [masculine] (Portuguese), sistem hexazecimal [neuter] (Romanian), шестнадцатери́чная систе́ма (šestnadcateríčnaja sistéma) [feminine] (Russian), хексадецимални систем [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heksadecimalni sistem [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hexadecimal (Spanish), hexadecimala talsystemet [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hexadecimal-en-noun-9wmMN2Pa Disambiguation of Sixteen: 21 41 38 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 49 44 Topics: arithmetic, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'number system with base sixteen': 76 24
  2. (countable, computing) A number expressed in the hexadecimal system. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Computing, Sixteen
    Sense id: en-hexadecimal-en-noun-ekmpc~iz Disambiguation of Sixteen: 21 41 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English hybridisms, English terms prefixed with hexadeca- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 32 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 38 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 49 44 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 7 30 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hexadeca-: 11 36 53 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: base sixteen [arithmetic, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], hex, sedecimal, sexadecimal Derived forms: hexit

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