vigesimal

a. 第二十的, 二十分之一的,以20为基数的

发音

US /vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/
其它
UK /vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/
US /vaɪ-/
UK /vaɪ-/
US /-sə-/
UK /-sə-/

词形变化

vigesimals 复数 vigesimals

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A twentieth part.

  2. 2.

    “vigesimal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

  3. 3.

    “vigesimal”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

  4. 4.

    “vigesimal”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Occurring in intervals of twenty.

  2. 2.

    To the base twenty.

    二十进位

词源

From Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), (from *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) + -al (suffix forming an adjective). Compare Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two tens; two decades”).

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