Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: decimal fraction, denary, quantitative

See Also: circulating decimal, number, proper fraction, recurring decimal, repeating decimal

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