hexadecimal

See also: hexadécimal

English

Etymology

1952. hexadeca- +‎ decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/

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Noun

hexadecimal (countable and uncountable, plural hexadecimals)

1. (arithmetic, computing, uncountable) A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.
2. (countable, computing) A number expressed in the hexadecimal system.

Synonyms

• (arithmetic, computing): base sixteen
• hex
• sexidecimal
• sexadecimal

Derived terms

• hexit

Translations

number system with base sixteen

• Czech: hexadecimální soustava f, šestnáctková soustava (cs) f
• Danish: hexadecimale talsystem n, sekstentalssystem n
• Dutch: heksadecimale talstelsel n
• Finnish: (system) heksadesimaalijärjestelmä (fi), (number) heksadesimaaliluku (fi)
• French: hexadécimal (fr) m
• German: Hexadezimalsystem (de) n, Sedezimalsystem n
• Greek: δεκαεξαδικό (el) n (dekaexadikó)
• Hebrew: בסיס הקסדצימלי‎ m (basís hexadetsimáli)
• Italian: sistema numerico esadecimale m

• Japanese: 十六進法 (ja) (じゅうろくしんほう, jūrokushinhō)
• Norwegian: sekstentallsystem
• Portuguese: sistema hexadecimal m
• Romanian: sistem hexazecimal n
• Russian: шестнадцатери́чная систе́ма f (šestnadcateríčnaja sistéma)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хексадецимални систем m

  Roman: heksadecimalni sistem m

• Spanish: hexadecimal (es)

Adjective

hexadecimal (not comparable)

1. Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.

Synonyms

• (arithmetic, computing): base-sixteen

Translations

expressed in hexadecimal

• Catalan: hexadecimal (ca)
• Czech: šestnáctkový, hexadecimální
• Danish: hexadecimal
• Dutch: hexadecimaal (nl), hexadecimale (nl)
• Esperanto: deksesuma (eo)
• Finnish: heksadesimaalinen
• French: hexadécimal (fr)
• Galician: hexadecimal
• German: hexadezimal
• Greek: δεκαεξαδικός (el) m (dekaexadikós)

• Hebrew: הקסדצימלי‎ m (hexadetsimáli), הקסדצימלית‎ f (hexadetsimálit)
• Latin: sedecimalis
• Portuguese: hexadecimal (pt)
• Russian: шестнадцатери́чный (ru) (šestnadcateríčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хексадецималан m

  Roman: heksadecimalan (sh) m

• Spanish: hexadecimal (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 十六进制 (zh)

See also

• base
• binary
• decimal
• octal
• 0x

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Catalan

Adjective

hexadecimal (masculine and feminine plural hexadecimals)

1. hexadecimal

Noun

hexadecimal m (plural hexadecimals)

1. hexadecimal

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Portuguese

Adjective

hexadecimal m or f (plural hexadecimais, comparable)

1. (computing, of a number) hexadecimal (expressed in base 16)

Noun

hexadecimal m (plural hexadecimais)

1. (computing) hexadecimal (number expressed in base 16)

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Spanish

Noun

hexadecimal m (plural hexadecimales)

1. hexadecimal

Adjective

hexadecimal (plural hexadecimales)

1. hexadecimal

Further reading

• “hexadecimal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.