decimals

Cultural  

1. Fractional numbers (see fraction) expressed as whole numbers of tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and so on. One-half, for example, is 0.5 in decimal terms.

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Example Sentences

“I thought the opposite of that was the last five minutes of math class, when the teacher’s going on and on and on about decimals,” she said.

From Literature

Only resounding wins over their nearest rivals now return a few more decimals.

From BBC

Despite leaving school at a young age and initially finding terms like "decimals" and "algebra" intimidating, Mr Elsom is said to have quite a talent for working with figures.

From BBC

You may choose to add some decimals until you get to exact zero, or you can go with 14 percent.

From Encyclopedia.com

Eventually she leads us toward more abstract concepts such as the polar coordinate system, a graphical approach to defining a point using distance and angle, as well as irrational numbers and decimals that repeat infinitely.

From Scientific American