Denary Definition

dĕnə-rē
adjective
Tenfold.
American Heritage
Having to do with the number ten; tenfold; decimal.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun

An ancient coin, the denarius.

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Other Word Forms of Denary

Noun

Singular:
denary
Plural:
denaries

Origin of Denary

  • From the Middle English denarie, from the Latin dēnārius, used elliptically for dēnārius nūmus (“denary coin”, “coin containing ten asses”). Compare etymology 2 below.

    From Wiktionary

  • First attested in 1577; from the Latin dēnārius (“containing ten”), from denī (“ten each”, “ten at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin dēnārius from dēnī by tens dekm̥ in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Denary Sentence Examples

  • The notation is then said to be in the scale of which ten is the base, or in the denary scale.

  • The figures used in the Hindu notation might be used to express numbers in any other scale than the denary, provided new symbols were introduced if the base of the scale exceeded ten.

  • But the system has never spread; and the word " dozen " itself is based on the denary scale.

  • The Roman system, except for the use of symbols for five, fifty, &c., is also in the denary scale, though expressed in a different way.

  • Similarly the number which in the denary scale is 215 would in the quaternary scale (base 4) be 3113, being equal to 3.4.4.4+ 1.4.4+1.4+3.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEN

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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denary

Words Starting With D and Ending With Y

Starts With D & Ends With YStarts With DE & Ends With YStarts With D & Ends With RY

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With Y