twelfth

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Editorial note

We don't need a twelfth system for encoding lat/lon tuples.

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position 12 in a countable series of things

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noun

position 12 in a countable series of things

noun

one part in twelve equal parts

adjective

coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for twelfth.

noun

position 12 in a countable series of things

noun

one part in twelve equal parts

adjective

coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position

Example sentences

We don't need a twelfth system for encoding lat/lon tuples.

That's the "one-twelfth" part, so the whole thought becomes "one plus [that image]".

It's valid up to like, the twelfth significant digit.

You might wonder what the twelfth root of two was, and you would just suddenly "remember" the answer.

The temple was repaired and reassembled in the early twelfth century, in 1374, and 1603.

Then to a good approximation the fundamental frequency of the key on the right will be the twelfth root of 2 times the fundamental frequency of the key on the left.

I propose doing this by giving each month a letter, A-L, and writing dates like this: 2012-A01 = New calendar, first day of first month of 2012 2012-L30 = New calendar, thirtieth day of twelfth month of 2012 2012-01-01 = Gregorian calendar, first day of first month of 2012 C30 = New calendar, thirtieth day of third month of whatever year this is With the notations neatly separated, you could then print calendars with the two schemes side by side, and let people convert back and forth for awhile while the new system is adopted.