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Non-integer base of numeration

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The use of non-integer numbers as radix, or bases, in a positional numbering system.

The easiest to illustrate is that of base .1 (1/10). The effect of this system is simply to reverse the order of digits of a decimal (base 10) number. 

321049.126(10) = 621.940123(.1)
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