denary
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Within each denomination, however, the denary notation is employed exclusively, e.g. “twelve shillings” is denoted by 12s.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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 Évariste Régis Huc
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 William Elliot Griffis
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
In English the use of the word score to represent twenty—e.g. in “threescore and ten” for seventy—is superimposed on the denary system, and has never formed an essential part of the language.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various