NUMBER REPRESENTATION SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does number representation system mean? 

• NUMBER REPRESENTATION SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun NUMBER REPRESENTATION SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. any notation for the representation of numbers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUMBER REPRESENTATION SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any notation for the representation of numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

number representation system; number system; numeration system; system of numeration

Hypernyms ("number representation system" is a kind of...):

mathematical notation (a notation used by mathematicians)

Domain member category:

base; radix ((numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number representation system"):

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)