• Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    But it doesn’t use base 12. Take distance. Values smaller than 1/64" are measured using “thou”, “tenths”, and “millionths”, which are decimal multiples of 1/1000’, 1/10000", and 1/1000000" respectively.

    Values between 1/64" and 1" are measured using dyadic rationals, i.e. base-2 fractions.

    Above 1" it’s mostly base 12,except for the yard.