"senary" meaning in English

See senary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsiːnəɹi/
Rhymes: -iːnəɹi Etymology: From the Latin sēnārius (“consisting of six each”), from sēnī (“six each, six at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sēnārius||consisting of six each}} Latin sēnārius (“consisting of six each”), {{m|la|senus|sēnī|six each, six at a time}} sēnī (“six each, six at a time”), {{m|la|-ārius}} -ārius, {{noncog|en|-}} English, {{m|en|-ary}} -ary Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} senary (not comparable)
  1. Of sixth rank or order. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of sixth rank or order): senari [masculine] (Catalan), senària [feminine] (Catalan), sénaire [feminine, masculine] (French), шестеричный (šesteričnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-senary-en-adj-QS50bz0N Disambiguation of 'of sixth rank or order': 98 2
  2. (arithmetic) Of, pertaining to, or based on six. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Arithmetic Synonyms: sextal
    Sense id: en-senary-en-adj-OUtSlz22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 68 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 50 41 Topics: arithmetic

Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːnəɹi/
Rhymes: -iːnəɹi Etymology: From the Latin sēnārius (“consisting of six each”), from sēnī (“six each, six at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sēnārius||consisting of six each}} Latin sēnārius (“consisting of six each”), {{m|la|senus|sēnī|six each, six at a time}} sēnī (“six each, six at a time”), {{m|la|-ārius}} -ārius, {{noncog|en|-}} English, {{m|en|-ary}} -ary Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} senary (uncountable)
  1. (arithmetic) The numeral system which uses six as the base. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Arithmetic, Six Translations (numeral system which uses six as the base): système sénaire [masculine] (French), Sechsersystem [neuter] (German), 六進法 (rokusimpō) (Japanese), sistema senario [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-senary-en-noun-thyID1SZ Disambiguation of Six: 21 35 44 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 50 41 Topics: arithmetic Related terms: nullary, binary, ternary, quaternary, quinary, septenary, octonary, novenary, denary, undenary, duodenary, vigenary Related terms (The numeral system which uses six as the base.): unary

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