Consisting of or relating to twelve units of meaning or semantic elements.
From Greek 'dodeca' (twelve) + 'sēmeion' (sign, mark) + '-ic' (relating to). This term appears primarily in specialized linguistic and semiotic discourse to describe systems with twelve meaningful units.
In the study of meaning and signs (semiotics), linguists might describe a language feature as 'dodecasemic' if it involves exactly twelve distinct meaningful units—for example, some ancient writing systems had precisely twelve core symbol types that generated larger meanings through combination.
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