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decimal
/ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/
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What does decimal mean?
adjective
- Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.
noun
- A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.
- (informal) The decimal system itself.
More meanings (4)
noun
- (informal) A decimal place.
- (informal) A decimal point.
- Alternative spelling of dismil.
verb
- To represent with numbers after a decimal point.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/
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Proof of this is found in the wide extended use of the decimal system.
History shows that ancient Babylonia had tables superior to those now in use, and ancient Britain a decimal scale which was crowded out by our present system.
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In Arithmetic, the various operations in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, reduction, simple and compound proportion, and vulgar and decimal fractions, must be thoroughly understood and readily performed.
In the following November, he took his seat in congress at Annapolis, and during that session he proposed and caused the adoption of our present system of decimal currency.
When the galvanometer shows the desired deflection, the needle, T, will indicate upon the dial, in decimal fractions of an inch, the exact distance through which the strip has been moved.