| decimal | (n) a number in the decimal system | | decimal | (adj) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten, Syn. denary, Example: the decimal system | | decimal digit | (n) a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation | | decimal fraction | (n) a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10, Syn. decimal | | decimalization | (n) the act of changing to a decimal system, Syn. decimalisation, Example: the decimalization of British currency | | decimalize | (v) change from fractions to decimals, Syn. decimalise, Example: Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000 | | decimalize | (v) change to the decimal system, Syn. decimalise, Example: The country decimalized the currency in 1975 | | decimal notation | (n) any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9) | | decimal numeration system | (n) a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten, Syn. decimal system, decimal number system | | decimal point | (n) the dot at the left of a decimal fraction, Syn. point, percentage point |
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| Decimal | n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. [ 1913 Webster ]
Circulating decimal, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Decimal | a. [ F. décimal (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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | decimalisation | n. same as decimalization.
Syn. -- decimalization. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | decimalise | v. 1. same as decimalize.
Syn. -- decimalize. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | decimalism | n. The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] | | decimalization | n. the act of changing to a decimal system; as, the decimalization of the British currency.
Syn. -- decimalisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Decimalize | v. t. to convert the dominant units of measure (e.g. of currency) to a decimal-based system; to reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency. -- Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion n. [1913 Webster] | | Decimally | adv. By tens; by means of decimals. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Decimate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decimated p. pr. & vb. n. Decimating ] [ L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See Decimal. ] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Decimation | n. [ L. decimatio: cf. F. décimation. ] 1. A tithing. [ Obs. ] State Trials (1630). [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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