hexadecimal

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base

   Synonymshex

Questions about hexadecimal

What does hexadecimal mean?

hexadecimal means "of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base".

How many syllables are in hexadecimal?

hexadecimal has 5 syllables: hex-a-de-ci-mal. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for hexadecimal?

Close synonyms include hex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hexadecimal a common word?

hexadecimal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.