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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

The results, one simple line in karyotype notation, were clear.
Parents Sue for 'Wrongful Birth'|Elizabeth Picciuto|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
The tightly patterned organization of the notation is a “very strange find” and appears too careful to be a document draft.
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It is true that the authorities from whom we derive our knowledge of the Greek notation are post-classical.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro

It would be beyond the scope of this essay to discuss the date of the Greek musical notation.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
And how and when was the notation adapted to exhibit the several keys in which any such System might be set?
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
Hence he regards the notation as confirming his theory of the nature and history of the Modes.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
The special fitness of the notation for the scales of the Enharmonic genus may be regarded as a further indication of its date.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro