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senary

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːnəɹi/

The English word “senary” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of sixth rank or order.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or based on six.

noun

  1. The numeral system which uses six as the base.

Etymology

From the Latin sēnārius (“consisting of six each”), from sēnī (“six each, six at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Doublet of senarius.

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