senary
Speech parts
1. senary - Noun
2. senary - Adjective
Meaning
Of six; belonging to six; containing six.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
six
fifth
sixth
seventh
decimal
eighth
tenth
ninth
tenfold
duodenal
quintuple
sextuple
hexagonal
denary
decuple
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5 is a common auxiliary base, or sub-base, where 6 is 'five and one', 7 'five and two', etc. Aztec was a vigesimal (base-20) system with sub-base 5. 6: senary main The Morehead-Maro languages of Southern New Guinea are examples of the rare base 6 system.
Base 36 as senary compression For some purposes, base 6 might be too small a base for convenience.