pentadecimal

English

Etymology

penta- +‎ decimal

Adjective

pentadecimal (not comparable)

  1. (computing, mathematics) Based on the number 15; using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D and E.
    • 1980 April, Norman H Cohen, “Gödel numbers: a new approach to structured programming”, in ACM SIGPLAN Notices:
      Kleene [13] uses a similar approach, based on Turing machine encodings over an alphabet of fifteen symbols, which are then translated into pentadecimal numbers.

Synonyms
  • (based on 15): base 15
  • quindecimal
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