POSITIONAL NOTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does positional notation mean? 

• POSITIONAL NOTATION (noun)
  The noun POSITIONAL NOTATION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: POSITIONAL NOTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSITIONAL NOTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

positional notation; positional representation system

Hypernyms ("positional notation" is a kind of...):

number representation system; number system; numeration system; system of numeration (any notation for the representation of numbers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "positional notation"):

binary number system; binary numeration system; binary system; pure binary numeration system (a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two)

octal number system; octal numeration system (a positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of eight)

decimal number system; decimal numeration system; decimal system (a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten)

duodecimal number system; duodecimal system (a positional system of numeration that uses duodecimal digits and a radix of twelve)

hexadecimal number system; hexadecimal system; sexadecimal number system (a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen)