Decimal
['desɪm(ə)l] or ['dɛsɪml]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a number in the decimal system.
(adj.) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; 'the decimal system' .
弗朗辛校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) 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.
(n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
編輯:沃尔夫冈
解釋/意思:
adj. numbered or proceeding by tens.—n. a fraction having ten or some power of ten for its denominator.—v.t. Dec′imalise to reduce to the decimal system.—ns. Dec′imalism; Dec′imalist.—adv. Dec′imally.—Decimal notation a system of writing numbers based on ten and powers of ten like our ordinary system; Decimal system a system whose units are tens and powers of tens esp. in the French metric system of weights and measures.
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例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- As to Tom, Charley's brother, I am really afraid to say what he did at school in ciphering, but I think it was decimals. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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