decimal notation

American  

[des-muhl-noh-tay-shuhn] / ˈdɛs məl noʊˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the method of expressing numbers that uses the digits 0 through 9 and a decimal point, with digits to the left of the decimal point expressing powers of 10 and those to the right, negative powers of 10.

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decimal notation Scientific  

1. 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 26 37/100 can be written in decimal notation as 26.37, where 2 represents 2 × 10, 6 represents 6 × 1, 3 represents 3 × 1/10 or 3/10, and 7 represents 7 × 1/100 or 7/100.

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Example Sentences

Writing this number in ordinary decimal notation, however, would require more elementary particles than are probably contained in the universe, even employing just one particle per digit.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2021

If we look at what happened to the decimal point, we can see a method to easily convert from decimal notation to scientific notation.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

When you convert a number from decimal notation to scientific notation, how do you know if the exponent will be positive or negative?

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

It has the advantage of the decimal notation, with the embarrassment of the negative sign.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry

The want of decimal notation, and the consequent clumsiness of the system of numeration, would go far to preclude the improvement of arithmetic, or any science into which calculation entered.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various