pentadecimal

English

Etymology

From penta- +‎ decimal.

Adjective

pentadecimal (not comparable)

1. (computing, mathematics) Based on the number 15; using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D and E.
   • 1980 April, Norman H Cohen, “Gödel numbers: a new approach to structured programming”, in ACM SIGPLAN Notices:

     Kleene [13] uses a similar approach, based on Turing machine encodings over an alphabet of fifteen symbols, which are then translated into pentadecimal numbers.

Synonyms

• (based on 15): base 15
• quindecimal