hexadecimal

1952. hexadeca- +‎ decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information.

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/

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hexadecimal (countable and uncountable, plural hexadecimals)

1. (arithmetic, computing, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, computing) A number expressed in the hexadecimal system.

• (arithmetic, computing): base sixteen
• hex
• sedecimal
• sexadecimal

• hexit

hexadecimal (not comparable)

1. Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.

• (arithmetic, computing): base-sixteen

• base
• binary
• decimal
• octal
• 0x

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɡ.zə.ðə.siˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eɡ.za.ðe.siˈmal]

hexadecimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexadecimals)

1. hexadecimal

hexadecimal m (plural hexadecimals)

1. hexadecimal

• “hexadecimal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “hexadecimal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “hexadecimal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

hexadecimal m or f (plural hexadecimais)

1. (computing, of a number) hexadecimal (expressed in base 16)

hexadecimal m (plural hexadecimais)

1. (computing) hexadecimal (number expressed in base 16)

• “hexadecimal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Borrowed from French hexadécimal.

• IPA^(key): /ˌhe.ksa.de.t͡ʃiˈmal/

hexadecimal m or n (feminine singular hexadecimală, masculine plural hexadecimali, feminine and neuter plural hexadecimale)

1. hexadecimal

• hexadecimal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡsadeθiˈmal/ [eɣ̞.sa.ð̞e.θiˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /eɡsadesiˈmal/ [eɣ̞.sa.ð̞e.siˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: he‧xa‧de‧ci‧mal

hexadecimal m (plural hexadecimales)

1. hexadecimal

hexadecimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexadecimales)

1. hexadecimal

• “hexadecimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014