decimal
- pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- proceeding by tens: a decimal system.
Origin of decimal
Related Words for decimals
sum, total, figure, statistic, count, digit, emblem, prime, symbol, character, sign, cipher, cardinal, fraction, representation, numeral, ordinal, googol, numerator, integerExamples from the Web for decimals
Historical Examples of decimals
It looks a little odd, you know; but the decimals can't get through a bucket.
Shorty McCabeSewell Ford
The title should, of course, read "to 607 Places of Decimals."
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)Augustus de Morgan
Without bothering with all these decimals, a kilometre is about five-eighths of a mile.
Asiatic BreezesOliver Optic
With regard to decimals and units, I made a discovery which is, I think, worth stating.
LolaHenny Kindermann
Fergus knew the proportion as far as thirty-three figures in decimals.
Stories of InventionEdward E. Hale
decimal
- Also called: decimal fraction a fraction that has a denominator of a power of ten, the power depending on or deciding the decimal place. It is indicated by a decimal point to the left of the numerator, the denominator being omitted. Zeros are inserted between the point and the numerator, if necessary, to obtain the correct decimal place
- any number used in the decimal system
- relating to or using powers of ten
- of the base ten
- (prenominal) expressed as a decimal
Word Origin for decimal
Word Origin and History for decimals
decimal
c.1600, from Medeival Latin decimalis "of tithes or tenths," from Latin decimus "tenth," from decem "ten" (see ten). Applied to Arabic notation before modern sense of "decimal fractions" emerged. As a noun from 1640s.
decimal
- A representation of a real number using the base ten and decimal notation, such as 201.4, 3.89, or 0.0006.
- A decimal fraction.
decimals
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.