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Primel is a measurement system grounded in duodecimal or "dozenal" base arithmetic. Given the high factorability of the number twelve compared to ten, dozenal is arguably a more convenient base for human use than decimal. It is for that reason that so many historical systems of measure naturally incorporated factors of twelve. However, when they did so, it was only piecemeal. Primel can be characterized as a "dozenal-metric" metrology, similar to the Tim-Grafut-Maz (TGM) metrology devised by Tom Pendlebury. Like TGM, Primel systematizes its units around powers of twelve to the same degree that the metric system (now known as the International System of Units, or SI) systematizes its units around powers of ten.
Base-Neutral Base Annotations
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This wiki also uses a subscript "x" to indicate base sixteen, also known as "hexadecimal" (base 10d), or (in SNNz) as "unquadral" (base 14z). For instance, 90x = 100z = 144d.
Trans-decimal Digits
Unicode version 8.0.0 extends the Number Forms code block to include the following two new characters:
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These glyphs were first suggested in the 11zst biqua·ennium (in the 19dth century) by Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of Pitman shorthand, who was an advocate of English spelling reform as well as "reckoning" reform (use of dozenal base). This wiki plans to adopt these characters, eventually. However, as of this writing (early CE 2017d = 1201z), font support for these new characters is not yet universal. So for the time being, this wiki will use the following substitute characters, that bear a close resemblance to Pitman's digits:
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