counting on the fingers, counting using the fingers; art of counting by the fingers
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Dactylonomy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
dactylonomy
\dac`tyl*on"o*my\ (?), n. [gr. da`ktylos finger + no`mos law, distribution.] the art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
Dactylonomy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Finger Counting, or Dactylonomy, is the art of counting along one's fingers. Though marginalized in modern societies by Arabic numerals, formerly different systems flourished in many cultures, including educated methods far more sophisticated than the one-by-one finger count taught today in preschool education.
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