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POSITIONAL NOTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position
Synonyms:
positional notation; positional representation system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("positional notation" is a kind of...):
number representation system; number system; numeration system; system of numeration (any notation for the representation of numbers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "positional notation"):
binary number system; binary numeration system; binary system; pure binary numeration system (a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two)
octal number system; octal numeration system (a positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of eight)
decimal number system; decimal numeration system; decimal system (a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten)
duodecimal number system; duodecimal system (a positional system of numeration that uses duodecimal digits and a radix of twelve)
hexadecimal number system; hexadecimal system; sexadecimal number system (a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen)
