biquinary

English

Alternative forms

• bi-quinary

Etymology

From bi- +‎ quinary.

Adjective

biquinary (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Employing, or relating to, an arithmetical system and notation in which each decimal digit is represented by a coefficient of five and a coefficient of one

Usage notes

• This is the system on which the function of the abacus is based.

Translations

numeral encoding scheme

• Russian: двоично-пятери́чный (ru) (dvoično-pjateríčnyj)