VIGESIMAL


Meaning of VIGESIMAL in English

/vuy jes"euh meuhl/ , adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or based on twenty.

2. twentieth.

3. proceeding by twenties.

[ 1650-60; vigesim ( us ), var. (with g of viginti twenty) of vicesimus, vicensimus twentieth + -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .