decimal
pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
proceeding by tens: a decimal system.
Origin of decimal
1Other words from decimal
- dec·i·mal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby decimal
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How to use decimal in a sentence
It’s possible that the data shown above represents something else, but the fact that it includes decimals indicates that this is something other than actual data.
A conspiracy website will pay you $10,000 to bring it back to reality | Philip Bump | July 30, 2021 | Washington PostSome kitchen scales will display weight with fractions, some will use decimals, and some do both.
Best kitchen scales: This handy kitchen essential is a must-have for baking and beyond | Irena Collaku | July 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis process, called hadronic vacuum polarization, contributes a small correction to the muon’s gyromagnetic ratio starting in the seventh decimal place.
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles | Natalie Wolchover | April 7, 2021 | Quanta MagazineIf you were trying to encode Pi with a 64-bit computer, you could stretch it out to 4 times as many decimal places as a 32-bit computer.
New IBM Research Means We Could Soon Train Neural Networks on a Smartphone | Edd Gent | December 28, 2020 | Singularity HubThe trick here is to linearly scale our list of numbers, so 0 becomes -8 and 1 becomes 7, and the decimals map to the integers in the middle.
Tiny four-bit computers are now all you need to train AI | Karen Hao | December 11, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
As Marcus says, the devil is often in the details in cases like this, “some decimal point in the wrong place.”
James Murdoch: Can He Survive Broadcast Regulator’s Criticism? | Peter Jukes | September 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe first decimal trituration was given in doses of two grains gradually increased to ten grains every two hours.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawAll saw timber is scaled by the Scribner decimal C log rule.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerThese are made in different patterns, having either decimal divisions or the vulgar fractions.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught | Joshua RoseThe dropping of terminal decimals makes a small decimal difference in the result in the different formulas.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagFor convenience the metrical table is given, showing lengths in feet and inches, in which only three decimal points are used.
Practical Mechanics for Boys | J. S. Zerbe
British Dictionary definitions for decimal
/ (ˈdɛsɪməl) /
Also called: decimal fraction a fraction that has a denominator of a power of ten, the power depending on or deciding the decimal place. It is indicated by a decimal point to the left of the numerator, the denominator being omitted. Zeros are inserted between the point and the numerator, if necessary, to obtain the correct decimal place
any number used in the decimal system
relating to or using powers of ten
of the base ten
(prenominal) expressed as a decimal
Origin of decimal
1Derived forms of decimal
- decimally, adverb
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Scientific definitions for decimal
[ dĕs′ə-məl ]
A representation of a real number using the base ten and decimal notation, such as 201.4, 3.89, or 0.0006.
A decimal fraction.
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