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hexadecimal (countable anduncountable,pluralhexadecimals)
- (arithmetic, computing, uncountable) Anumber system withbasesixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used incomputing as a hexadecimal digit can represent fourbits, half a standardbyte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.
- (countable, computing) Anumber expressed in the hexadecimal system.
number system with base sixteen
hexadecimal (notcomparable)
- Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.
- (arithmetic, computing):base-sixteen
hexadecimal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralhexadecimals)
- hexadecimal
hexadecimal m (pluralhexadecimals)
- hexadecimal
- (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˌɛk.sa.de.siˈmaw/[ˌɛk.sa.de.siˈmaʊ̯],(uncommon)/ˌɛ.za.de.siˈmaw/[ˌɛ.za.de.siˈmaʊ̯]
- (Portugal)IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ɡzɐ.dɛ.siˈmal/[ˌɛ.ɣzɐ.ðɛ.siˈmaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal)IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ɡzɐ.dɛ.siˈma.li/[ˌɛ.ɣzɐ.ðɛ.siˈma.li]
hexadecimal m orf (pluralhexadecimais)
- (computing, of a number)hexadecimal(expressed in base 16)
hexadecimal m (pluralhexadecimais)
- (computing)hexadecimal(number expressed in base 16)
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- “hexadecimal”, inDicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “hexadecimal”, inDicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “hexadecimal”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “hexadecimal”, inDicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
Borrowed fromFrenchhexadécimal.
- IPA(key): /ˌhe.ksa.de.t͡ʃiˈmal/
hexadecimal m orn (feminine singularhexadecimală,masculine pluralhexadecimali,feminine and neuter pluralhexadecimale)
- hexadecimal
hexadecimal m (pluralhexadecimales)
- hexadecimal
hexadecimal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralhexadecimales)
- hexadecimal