OCTAL NUMERATION SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does octal numeration system mean? 

• OCTAL NUMERATION SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun OCTAL NUMERATION SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of eight

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

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• OCTAL NUMERATION SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of eight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

octal number system; octal numeration system

Hypernyms ("octal numeration 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)