Decimal — Defs

01 a. Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit nex…

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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.

Phrases & compounds

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 <frac:2_10/, <frac: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.

02 n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.

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A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.

Phrases & compounds

Circulating 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.