vigesimal

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vigesimal

/vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/ US, UK
/vaɪ-/ US, UK
/-sə-/ US, UK

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From Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), (from *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) + -al (suffix forming an adjective). Compare Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two tens; two decades”).

adjective

not comparable Occurring in intervals of twenty. For indeed, looking at the activity of the historic Pen and Press through this last half-century, and what bulk of History it yields for that period alone, and how it is henceforth like to increase in decimal or vigesimal geometric progression,—one might feel as if a day were not distant, when perce
not comparable To the base twenty. To go on by hands and feet to 20, and thence to reckon by twenties, is a vigesimal notation. Now though in the larger proportion of known languages, no distinct mention of fingers and toes, hands and feet, is observable in the numerals themselves, yet the very schemes of quinary, decimal and vigesim

noun vigesimals

A twentieth part. If the years of the incomplete century be divided into twenties, and the excess of twenties resolved into fours, the Dominical Letter will advance three places for every twenty, two places for every four, and six places for every unit of the still outstanding remainder. Hence the Sunday Letter will

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adjective

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adj to the base twenty

Español	vigésimo
한국어	이십진법 isipjinbeop
日本語	二十進法 nijissimpō
中文	二十進位 /二十进位
Français	vigésimal, vicésimal
Deutsch	vigesimal
Italiano	vigesimale
Ελληνικά	εικοσαδικός eikosadikós
Русский	двадцатичная систе́ма dvadcatičnaja sistéma

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@misc{vigesimal_2026,
  title = {vigesimal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vigesimal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}