Decimal

['desɪm(ə)l] or ['dɛsɪml]

Definition

(noun.) a number in the decimal system.

(adj.) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; 'the decimal system' .

Edited by Francine--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Typist: Wolfgang

Definition

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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