different between senary vs sentry

English

Etymology

From the Latin s?n?rius (“consisting of six each”), from s?n? (“six each, six at a time”) + -?rius (whence the English suffix -ary).

Adjective

senary (not comparable)

1. Of sixth rank or order.
   • 2001, Manish K. Gupta, David G. Glynn, and T. Aaron Gulliver, On Senary Simplex Codes, in Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms and Error-Correcting Codes: proceedings of 14th International Symposium, Serdar Bozta?, Igor E. Shparlinski (eds.), page 112

     In particular, one can construct mixed binary/ternary codes via senary codes by applying the Chinese Gray map (see Example 1).

2. (arithmetic) Of, pertaining to, or based on six.

   The senary fraction 0.2 is one-third, i.e. two-sixths.

Translations

Noun

senary (uncountable)

1. (arithmetic) The numeral system which uses six as the base.

Translations

See also

• nullary (0)
• unary (1)
• binary (2)
• ternary (3)
• quaternary (4)
• quinary (5)
• septenary (7)
• octonary (8)
• novenary (9)
• denary (10)
• undenary (11)
• duodenary (12)
• vigenary (20)
• Appendix:English arities and adicities

Anagrams

• Arneys, Nearys, Neyras, Raneys, arynes, renays, sarney, yarnes, yearns

English

Alternative forms

• centry, sentrie, sentery (all obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (“a path”), diminutive of sentier, from Medieval Latin semitarius (“a path”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?n?tr?, IPA^(key): /?s?nt?i/
• Rhymes: -?nt?i
• Hyphenation: sen?try

Noun

sentry (plural sentries)

1. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
2. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
3. (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
4. A watchtower.
5. A animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.

Synonyms

• (nautical drag): kite

Translations

See also

• sentinel

Anagrams

• Tyners