compound number

Noun

Meaning

a quantity expressed in two different units

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

number

Examples

one hour and ten minutes Source: Internet

During 1947 the ITU adopted the compound number words (Nadazero Unaone, etc.), later adopted by the IMO during 1965. Source: Internet

List of basic calculations In languages Grammar * In all Germanic languages (such as English and German), 13 is the first compound number (in German dreizehn); the numbers 11 and 12 have their own names (in German elf and zwölf). Source: Internet

Spelling In Germany, according to an old tradition, 13 (dreizehn) as the first compound number was the first number written in digits; the numbers 0 (null) through 12 (zwölf) were spelt out. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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