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二五進法 (にごしんほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に五ご進しん法ほう

Meanings

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noun

bi-quinary system

computing

A numeral system that combines binary and quinary components, historically used in abacuses and early computers. Technical term in computing.

そろばんの玉たまの配はい置ちは二に五ご進しん法ほうに基もとづいている。
The arrangement of beads on an abacus is based on the bi-quinary system.

Written forms

二に五ご進しん法ほう
Standard kanji spelling for the bi-quinary numeral system.
二に・五ご進しん法ほう
Variant spelling with a middle dot, sometimes used for clarity.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
五five

進advance, proceed, progress

法method, law, rule

Similar words

二に進しん法ほう
Binary system (base 2), while 二五進法 is a mixed-radix system using both 2 and 5.
五ご進しん法ほう
Quinary system (base 5), a component of the bi-quinary system.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (two), 五 (five), and 進法 (numeral system). The term directly describes a system that uses both binary and quinary elements.