Decimal /(?)/
Dec·i·mal
Decimal
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.
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.
Decimal
n.
- 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.