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  • adjective rare, of a positional numeral system Using base 5; quinary.
  • noun rare A pentimal numeral system, or a numeral as written in such a system; a quinary.
  • proper noun rare The abstract numeral system underlying any pentimal numeral system; quinary.

Etymologies

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From pent-, by analogy with decimal.

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