uara tū
1. (noun) place value.
Ko te uara tū o tētahi mati te wāhi e noho ana taua mati i roto i tōna tau. Ko te 10 te tūāpapa o tō tātau pūnaha uara tū. Ko ia uara tū tētahi taupū o te 10 (TRP 2010:303). / The place value of a digit is the place where that digit sits in its number. Ten is the basis of our place value system. Each place value is an indice of 10.