About The Word Decimal
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What's The Definition Of Decimal?
[n] a number in the decimal system
[n] a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 [adj] divided by tens or hundreds; "a decimal fraction"; "decimal coinage" [adj] numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal system" Synonyms | Synonyms for Decimal: decimal fraction | denary | quantitative Related Terms | Find terms related to Decimal: algorismic | algorithmic | aliquot | cardinal | decagonal | decahedral | decasyllabic | decuple | denary | differential | digital | even | exponential | figural | figurate | figurative | finite | fractional | imaginary | impair | impossible | infinite | integral | irrational | logarithmic | logometric | negative | numeral | numerary | numerative | numeric | odd | ordinal | pair | positive | possible | prime | radical | rational | real | reciprocal | submultiple | surd | tenfold | tenth | tithe | transcendental See Also | circulating decimal | number | proper fraction | recurring decimal | repeating decimal Decimal In Webster's Dictionary \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr.
L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Dime}.]
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;
having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten
times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal
coinage.
{Decimal arithmetic}, the common arithmetic, in which
numeration proceeds by tens.
{Decimal fraction}, a fraction in which the denominator is
some power of 10, as 2/10, 25/100, and is usually not
expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the left
hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
{Decimal point}, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal
fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent
units or whole numbers, as 1.05.
\Dec"i*mal\, n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. {Circulating}, or {Circulatory}, {decimal}, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also {recurring decimal}, {repeating decimal}, and {repetend}. |
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