denary

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The Thibetians have adopted the use of the denary and duodenary cycles. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

The Roman system, except for the use of symbols for five, fifty, &c., is also in the denary scale, though expressed in a different way.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Numeration.—The names of numbers are almost wholly based on the denary scale; thus eighteen means eight and ten, and twenty-four means twice ten and four.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

The notation is then said to be in the scale of which ten is the base, or in the denary scale.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Each one was worth a denary, which was a coin worth about a shilling, or a quarter of a dollar.

From Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by Griffis, William Elliot