Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the number six.
- adjective Having six things or parts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of six; belonging to six; containing six.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of six; belonging to six; containing six.
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- adjective Of
sixth rank ororder .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Finally, in the numerals used by the natives of the Marshall Islands, the following curiously irregular sequence also contains a single senary numeral: [216] 6. thil thino = 3 + 3. 7. thilthilim-thuon = 6 + 1. 8. rua-li-dok = 10 - 2. 9. ruathim-thuon = 10 - 2 + 1.
The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Levi Leonard Conant
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The language of the Sundas, [209] or mountaineers of Java, contains traces of senary counting.
The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Levi Leonard Conant
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One remarkably interesting number system is that exhibited by the Mosquito tribe [212] of Central America, who possess an extensive quinary-vigesimal scale containing one binary and three senary compounds.
The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Levi Leonard Conant
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But no one has, because of this likeness, ever suggested that these tribes ever counted by the senary method.
The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Levi Leonard Conant
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In the dialect of the Mille tribe a single trace of senary counting appears, as the numerals given below show: [215] 6. dildjidji.
The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Levi Leonard Conant
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Deity symbolized by the hieroglyphical senary, 634-l.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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The sages applied the senary to the physical man; while the septenary was, for them, the symbol of his immortal spirit.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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The hieroglyphical senary (the double equilateral triangle) is the symbol of Deity.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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I took the only hint which the address gave: I inquired for hellebore, but they told me it was not now recognized, that the old notion of its value was quite obsolete, and that they had nothing which was considered a specific in senary or septenary cases.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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In this he is not original: his fame must rest on his senary tripod.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
qms commented on the word senary
Poor Ernest, muttering, tossed in his bed,
Tormented by words that whirled in his head:
"But is it septenary
That comes after senary?
I'm at sixes and sevens," he said.
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April 3, 2015