| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | du·o·dec·i·mal |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d   -d s -ml, dy- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of, relating to, or based on the number 12: the duodecimal number system. 2. Of or relating to twelfths. | | NOUN: | A twelfth. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin duodecimus, twelfth, from duodecim, twelve : duo, two; see dwo- in Appendix I + decem, ten; see dek in Appendix I.
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