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These units, and others derived from them, are divided decimally, and larger units are formed from multiples by 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg

These ratios expressed decimally are .2, .04, .008, 0016, .0003, etc.

From A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars by Pickering, E. C.

The pound of 500 grammes decimally subdivided, to be used as the basis of the coinage.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

These quantities expressed decimally are .9, .81, .73, .66, .59, .53, .48, etc.

From A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars by Pickering, E. C.

The decimal system is the best adapted to facilitate all such calculations; and it becomes an interesting question to consider whether our own currency might not be converted into one decimally divided.

From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Babbage, Charles