Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hexadecimally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hex-adec-i-mal-ly
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the hexadecimal numbering system.

Example Sentences

"Your computer has 65535 I/O port addresses (numbered hexadecimally), but uses only a relative few of them."
"If flags refer to the same bit position, they are added hexadecimally."

Etymology

From hexadecimal + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hexadecimal

Questions

What does hexadecimally mean?: In the hexadecimal numbering system.
Where does hexadecimally come from?: From hexadecimal + -ly.

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