Talk:quattuordenary

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RFV discussion: July 2015[edit]

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quattuordenary and other -denary words

Tagged by not listed. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

I don't see any English hits on Google Books. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 01:59, 28 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

sedenary[edit]

Tagged by not listed. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

This occurs as a scanno/typo of "sedentary", but also sometimes in a mathematical sense:
  • 1905, World's Work and Play, volume 6, page 309:
    For a generation there would be used tables of equivalents in notation, in weights, in measures, and in currency; after that, the people would think in the sedenary scale, as they do to-day in the denary,
- -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 02:00, 28 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

septendenary[edit]

Tagged by not listed. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Nothing on Google Books AFAICT. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 01:59, 28 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

octodenary[edit]

Tagged by not listed. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

No English uses on Google Books, but many mentions. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 01:59, 28 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

novemdenary[edit]

Tagged by not listed. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Most hits on Google Books are mentions, but there is this:
  • 1972, Automatic Documentation and Mathematical Linguistics
    However, when the number of cells in one row is large, the cell number is greater than 10, and in this case we can consider that we are dealing, for example, with a novemdenary number system, []
- -sche (discuss) 01:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 02:00, 28 July 2015 (UTC)Reply