ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VIGESIMAL
From Latin vīgēsimus, variant (influenced by vīgintī twenty) of vīcēsimus twentieth.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIGESIMAL»
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From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics
in the Caucasus: the vigesimal West-Caucasian continuum (Adyghe-Ubykh-
Abkhaz- Abaza-archaic Kabardian dialects), the South-Caucasian continuum (
Bal and Lentekh Svan-Megrelian-Laz-Georgian), and the Nakh continuum ...
More fundamentally, a doubt subsists as to whether the Normans in fact had a
vigesimal system. It may be that factors other than the influence of substrata or
adstrata were decisive. Sixteenth-century evidence seems to indicate that,
whereas ...
Jadranka Gvozdanović, 1992
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Noun Phrase Structure in the Languages of Europe
Decimal and vigesimal bases Decimal (10-based) numeral systems are
prevalent throughout Europe. Pure vigesimal (20-based) systems, which occur
sporadically throughout the rest of the world (e.g., in Mixtec and Yoruba) are
found in ...
their numeral systems which are not homogeneous with the main characteristics
of the system show great persistence. The " score " of English is a remnant of old
vigesimal counting, and although it has lost its place in the ordinary number ...
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A Computational Theory of Writing Systems
A similar strategy must in any case be assumed for Hebrew and Arabic, where
the script runs from right to left, but Hindu-Arabic numerals run from left to right as
they do in other languages.24 Turning to vigesimal systems we note that there
are ...
More fundamentally, a doubt subsists as to whether the Normans in fact had a
vigesimal system. It may be that factors other than the influence of substrata or
adstrata were decisive. Sixteenth-century evidence seems to indicate that,
whereas ...
Jadranka Gvozdanovic, 1992
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
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The
Vigesimal Record of the Class of 1889, Princeton ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Princeton University. Class Of 1889, 2010
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The Handbook of Language Contact
The vigesimal forms develop in Old Danish5 and are dominant in Modern Danish
. In the relevant formations the second element is, naturally, always 'twenty'. (
Ross & Berns 1992: 612) The formulation “The vigesimal system developed in
Old ...
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Treatise on arithmetic, practical and theoretical
We have abundant examples, as already stated, of the occasional appearance of
the quinary and vigesimal radices in scales which are chiefly decimal ; and
examples may he produced from the numerals of the Celtic dialects of a strange ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIGESIMAL»
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vigesimal is used in the context of the following news items.
Cajamarca lidera ranking de cumplimiento de fiscalización …
El Oefa también traslada los puntajes a una calificación vigesimal y, sobre 20, solo dos EFA resultan con una nota aprobatoria al superar por poco el puntaje ... «Diario Gestión, Jul 15»
¿Quién descifró la escritura maya?
... explicar el sistema de signos de la numeración vigesimal maya así como los signos de registro del tiempo, que iniciaban desde el 11 de agosto de 3114 a. C. «Milenio.com, Jan 15»
'Flirting with French' Reminds One of That Unrequited Love We've …
The yin-yang of advancing and regressing in language learning will comfort any student who has faced, for example, the clash of decimal and vigesimal ... «PopMatters, Sep 14»
La sencilla fórmula para multiplicar sin calculadora
... dos puntos y dos rayas en el Maya, que es vigesimal. Aunque todas las notaciones empleadas representan el mismo número, la misma cantidad de naranjas, ... «MDZol, Sep 14»
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A vigesimal numeric system was developed. What does "vigesimal" indicate? 9. What creation do Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia and China share in common? «Albany Times Union, Aug 14»
Joyonaqués Zoques en el Corazón Chamula
En territorio zoque se inventaron los números del sistema vigesimal y el calendario agrícola más antiguo de Mesoamérica. Los zoques de Chiapas somos una ... «El Heraldo de Chiapas, Aug 14»
Eclipse lunar y su relación con los mayas
Los mayas contaban con un sistema de numeración vigesimal que utiliza al punto con valor de uno; la raya con valor de cinco y un caracol con valor de cero; ... «Unión Yucatan, Apr 14»
Libertad económica, por José Luis Sardón | El Comercio Perú
El Perú está todavía muy lejos de ser una de las diez economías más libres del mundo; en una escala vigesimal, la nota que obtiene es apenas de 13,5. «El Comercio, Mar 14»
Potencias de 10 y el hombre más rico del mundo
El artículo que dio pie a esta columna (La Sonrisa de Benito Juárez), como relatamos al principio, se refiere al sistema vigesimal zapoteca. Lo invito a que lea el ... «e-consulta, Feb 14»
Casi el 70% de maestros evaluados en Arequipa obtuvo nota …
Rivera obtuvo 56.9456 puntos sobre 60; si lo convertimos en un sistema vigesimal, la docente que el año pasado enseñó matemática en el colegio ... «LaRepública.pe, Jan 14»
