adj
Meaning 1
Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hexadecimal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/
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noun
Meaning 2
A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: arithmetic, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A number expressed in the hexadecimal system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hex
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
1952, from hexa- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. Piecewise doublet of sexadecimal.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: տասնվեցական (tasnvecʻakan) — expressed in hexadecimal
- Catalan: hexadecimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Czech: šestnáctkový — expressed in hexadecimal
- Czech: hexadecimální — expressed in hexadecimal
- Danish: hexadecimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Dutch: hexadecimaal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Dutch: hexadecimale — expressed in hexadecimal
- Esperanto: deksesuma — expressed in hexadecimal
- Finnish: heksadesimaalinen — expressed in hexadecimal
- French: hexadécimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Galician: hexadecimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- German: hexadezimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Greek: δεκαεξαδικός (dekaexadikós) — expressed in hexadecimal
- Hebrew: הקסדצימלי (hexadetsimáli) — expressed in hexadecimal
- Hebrew: הקסדצימלית (hexadetsimálit) — expressed in hexadecimal
- Hungarian: hexadecimális — expressed in hexadecimal
- Icelandic: sextándatala — expressed in hexadecimal
- Italian: esadecimale — expressed in hexadecimal
- Latin: sedecimalis — expressed in hexadecimal
- Polish: szesnastkowy — expressed in hexadecimal
- Portuguese: hexadecimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Romanian: hexadecimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Russian: шестнадцатери́чный (šestnadcateríčnyj) — expressed in hexadecimal
- Serbo-Croatian: хексадецималан — expressed in hexadecimal
- Serbo-Croatian: heksadecimalan — expressed in hexadecimal
- Spanish: hexadecimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Swedish: hexadecimal — expressed in hexadecimal
- Welsh: hecsadegol — expressed in hexadecimal
- Min Nan Chinese: 十六進位 /十六进位 (tsa̍p-la̍k-tsìn-uī) — number system with base sixteen
- Czech: hexadecimální soustava — number system with base sixteen
- Czech: šestnáctková soustava — number system with base sixteen
- Danish: hexadecimale talsystem — number system with base sixteen
- Danish: sekstentalssystem — number system with base sixteen
- Dutch: heksadecimale talstelsel — number system with base sixteen
- Finnish: heksadesimaalijärjestelmä — number system with base sixteen
- Finnish: heksadesimaaliluku — number system with base sixteen
- French: hexadécimal — number system with base sixteen
- German: Hexadezimalsystem — number system with base sixteen
- German: Sedezimalsystem — number system with base sixteen
- Greek: δεκαεξαδικό (dekaexadikó) — number system with base sixteen
- Hebrew: בסיס הקסדצימלי (basís hexadetsimáli) — number system with base sixteen
- Hindi: षोडशाधार (ṣoḍaśādhār) — number system with base sixteen
- Icelandic: sextándakerfi — number system with base sixteen
- Icelandic: sextándatala — number system with base sixteen
- Italian: sistema numerico esadecimale — number system with base sixteen
- Japanese: 十六進法 (jūrokushinhō) — number system with base sixteen
- Korean: 십육진법 (sibyukjinbeop) — number system with base sixteen
- Norwegian: sekstentallsystem — number system with base sixteen
- Polish: system szesnastkowy — number system with base sixteen
- Portuguese: sistema hexadecimal — number system with base sixteen
- Romanian: sistem hexazecimal — number system with base sixteen
- Russian: шестнадцатери́чная систе́ма (šestnadcateríčnaja sistéma) — number system with base sixteen
- Serbo-Croatian: хексадецимални систем — number system with base sixteen
- Serbo-Croatian: heksadecimalni sistem — number system with base sixteen
- Spanish: hexadecimal — number system with base sixteen
- Swedish: hexadecimala talsystemet — number system with base sixteen