"pentimal" meaning in English

See pentimal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From pent-, by analogy with decimal. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pentimal (not comparable)
  1. (rare, of a positional numeral system) Using a base of 5; quinary. Tags: not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-pentimal-en-adj-QyhUN~OC

Noun

Forms: pentimals [plural]
Etymology: From pent-, by analogy with decimal. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pentimal (countable and uncountable, plural pentimals)
  1. (rare, uncountable) The abstract numeral system underlying any pentimal numeral system; quinary. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pentimal-en-noun-SAH~hvDG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Five Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 53 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 51 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 51 46 Disambiguation of Five: 2 53 45
  2. (rare, countable) A numeral as written in such a system; a quinary. Tags: countable, rare
    Sense id: en-pentimal-en-noun-BlCSWBCO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Five Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 53 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 51 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 51 46 Disambiguation of Five: 2 53 45

Inflected forms

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