I wrote: '... because that term is based on the term "decimal," which itself is merely an artifact of the base 10 system.'
Actually, I've expressed that rather clumsily. If we had started with what we now call the duodecimal system, we wouldn't call it duodecimal; that would be like calling the decimal system "duooctal." Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
