senary /ˈsiːnəɹi/adjective 2noun 1 adjective2 •Of, pertaining to, or based on six.The senary fraction 0.2 is one-third, i.e. two-sixths. •Of sixth rank or order.In particular, one can construct mixed binary/ternary codes via senary codes by applying the Chinese Gray map (see Example 1). — 2001 noun1 •The numeral system which uses six as the base.