America, are always thought of and alluded to as vigesimal scales. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Hence these and similar number systems, though commonly alluded to as vigesimal, are really mixed scales, with 20 as their primary base. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
In the following scale the vigesimal structure is still more obscure. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Among South American vigesimal systems, the best known is that of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
In Asia the vigesimal system is to be found with greater frequency than in. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
The last of these scales is an unusual combination of decimal and vigesimal. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
On the other hand, the odd tens are formed in the ordinary vigesimal manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
This scale contains a strange commingling of decimal and vigesimal counting. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
The essential character of the vigesimal element is shown by the last two numerals. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Further to the south, among the Dravidian races, the vigesimal element is also found. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
This scale is quinary-vigesimal, with no apparent decimal element in its composition. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Europe yields one other example of vigesimal counting, in the number system of the Basques. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
African languages is extended, new examples of the vigesimal method may be brought to light. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
An occasional ternary trace is also found in number systems otherwise decimal or quinary vigesimal. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
The number from which the new start is made is 20, and the resulting scale is inevitably vigesimal. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Above 20, the Lufu and the Bongo systems are vigesimal, so that they are, as a whole, mixed systems. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
From 61 to 99 the French method of counting is wholly vigesimal, except for the presence of the one word. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
If use is made of the toes in addition to the fingers, the outcome must inevitably be a vigesimal system. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
To the statement just made respecting the origin of vigesimal counting, exception may, of course, be taken. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
In its first 20 numerals it is quinary (see p. 141), and as a system must be regarded as quinary-vigesimal. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Each contains the decimal element also, and is, therefore, to be regarded as a mixed decimal-vigesimal system. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
In the Caucasus region a group of languages is found, in which all but three or four contain vigesimal systems. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
This scale is in one sense wholly vigesimal, and in another way it is not to be regarded as pure, but as mixed. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
They formulated the conception of zero, a vigesimal numerical system, and a calendar more accurate than the Julian. From Wordnik.com. [G. The Americas, 1000-1525] Reference
Above 20 the systems become vigesimal, with a quinary or decimal structure appearing in all numerals except multiples of. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
In the Maya scale we have one of the best and most extended examples of vigesimal numeration ever developed by any race. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
As the count proceeds further, the quinary base may be retained, or it may be supplanted by a decimal or a vigesimal base. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
This leads the quinary into the vigesimal scale, and produces the combination so often found in certain parts of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
This completes the scanty list of African vigesimal number systems that a patient and somewhat extended search has yielded. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
To the unobservant eye this scale would certainly appear to contain no more than a trace of the vigesimal in its structure. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Any number system which passes the limit 10 is reasonably sure to have either a quinary, a decimal, or a vigesimal structure. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Considering the fact that the use of vigesimal counting was universal among Celtic races, this explanation is quite gratuitous. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
In connection with the Celtic language, mention must be made of the persistent vigesimal element which has held its place in French. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Examples of this are furnished in a more or less perfect manner by nearly all so-called quinary-vigesimal and quinary-decimal scales. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Below 20 it is quinary, and, however far it might be extended, this quinary element would remain, making the scale quinary-vigesimal. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
In any unmixed vigesimal scale the word for 400 must be a simple word, and that number must be taken as the vigesimal unit corresponding to. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
It counted by units and scores; in other words, it was a vigesimal system. From Wordnik.com. [The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1] Reference
This long cycle was an application of the vigesimal system to their reckoning of time. From Wordnik.com. [The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1] Reference
It has recently been carefully analyzed by Prof. Leon de Rosny, who has shown that it is a consistent vigesimal method. From Wordnik.com. [The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1] Reference
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