decimal notation
A representation of a fraction or other real number using the base ten and consisting of any of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and a decimal point. Each digit to the left of the decimal point indicates a multiple of a positive power of ten, while each digit to the right indicates a multiple of a negative power of ten. For example, the number 2637100 can be written in decimal notation as 26.37, where 2 represents 2 X 10, 6 represents 6 X 1, 3 represents 3 X 110 or 310, and 7 represents 7 X 1100 or 7100.
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How to use decimal notation in a sentence
It is well illustrated, too, in Professor De Morgan's mode of explaining the decimal notation.
Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects | Herbert SpencerIt has the advantage of the decimal notation, with the embarrassment of the negative sign.
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments | Henry NegrettiFrom these, as is well known, our decimal notation is derived.
Facts and fancies in modern science | John William DawsonJust what does "the understanding of decimal notation" mean?
The Psychology of Arithmetic | Edward L. ThorndikeThe discrimination made possible by this decimal notation is much finer than our present visual limit.
A Color Notation | Albert H. Munsell
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