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Noun: unary numeral system
  1. The bijective base-1 numeral system: in order to represent a number N, an arbitrarily chosen symbol representing 1 is repeated N times
    "Tally marks are a common example of the unary numeral system";
    - unary

Type of: number representation system, number system, numeration system, system of numeration

Encyclopedia: Unary numeral system