place value
the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
Origin of place value
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How to use place value in a sentence
The newspaper interviews two industrial designers—both of whom place value on the aesthetics of more “invisible” technologies.
Jennifer Lawrence Gets ‘Chopped’; Viktor & Rolf Return to Couture | The Fashion Beast Team | April 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is again an obvious sendup of the art world, where people often place value on objects of questionable worth.
Must-Reads: 'The Fat Years,' 'Drifting House,' and 'The Map and the Territory' | Isaac Stone Fish, Anna Clark, Cameron Martin | January 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe explanation of the place value was a serious matter to most of the early writers.
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals | David Eugene SmithA distinction is sometimes made between elemental, form, time, and place value.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. FetterThis is a case of pure transportation,—the creation of place value, alone.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
We insert on p. 49 a table of numerals used with place value.
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals | David Eugene SmithIt might seem that the charge for carrying fixes the place value.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates Clark
British Dictionary definitions for place-value
denoting a series in which successive digits represent successive powers of the base
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