Duodecimal Scale

Duodecimal Scale (Lat. duodecim, 'twelve') is the name given to the division of unity into twelve equal parts, as when the foot is divided into 12 inches, and the inch into 12 lines; or the pound is divided into 12 ounces. This plan of counting has some advantages, as 12 admits of so many divisions into equal parts—viz. by 2, 3, 4, and 6. But the decimal scale, or division into ten equal parts, is now universally recognised as preferable, from its coinciding with our decimal system of notation.—DUODECIMALS, a method of calculating the area of a rectangle when the length and breadth are stated in feet and inches.