biquinary

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ quinary.

Adjective

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biquinary (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Employing, or relating to, an arithmetical system and notation in which each decimal digit is represented by a coefficient of five and a coefficient of one

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  • This is the system on which the function of the abacus is based.

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