HEXADECIMAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hexadecimal system mean? 

• HEXADECIMAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun HEXADECIMAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen

  Familiarity information: HEXADECIMAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEXADECIMAL SYSTEM (noun)

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Meaning:

A positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hexadecimal number system; hexadecimal system; sexadecimal number system

Hypernyms ("hexadecimal system" is a kind of...):

positional notation; positional representation system (a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position)