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Decimal

noun

A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10. Synonym: decimal fraction.

A number in the decimal system.

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"Decimal" Quotes from Famous Books

... hand. The sixth count begins with the little finger of the left hand, and the tenth reaches the thumb. The eleventh count begins with the little finger of the right hand again, and so the count continues. The Igorot system is evidently decimal. One man, however, invariably recorded his eleventh count on his toes, from which he returned to the little finger of his right hand for the ...

— The Bontoc Igorot • Albert Ernest Jenks

... ago, when the Pall Mall Gazette sent round to all sorts and conditions of eminent men, inviting lists of "The Hundred Best Books"—the first serious attempt to introduce a decimal system into Great Britain—I remember that these eminent men's replies disclosed nothing so wonderful as their unanimity. We were prepared for Sir John Lubbock, but not, I think, for the host of celebrities who followed his hygienic example, ...

— Adventures in Criticism • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Words linked to "Decimal" : denary, proper fraction, number, quantitative, Dewey decimal system