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Synonyms for decimal

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : des-uh-muh l, des-muh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs ə məl, ˈdɛs məl

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Définition of decimal

Origin :
  • 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.
  • As in ten : adj having ten of something
  • As in number : noun unit of the mathematical system
Example sentences :
  • Decimal three-fifty or thereabouts I fancy from the look of it.
  • Extract from : « An Old Meerschaum » by David Christie Murray
  • One was really beautiful, allowing a decimal point off her nose.
  • Extract from : « From Edinburgh to India & Burmah » by William G. Burn Murdoch
  • In this case the constant is designated by the decimal .005.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns » by Roger Thompson Finlay
  • That seemed to be typical; the frontiers of science, now, were all decimal points.
  • Extract from : « Ministry of Disturbance » by Henry Beam Piper
  • He was a mathematician as far as long division and decimal fractions.
  • Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper
  • It was he who first carried the computation of Ï€ to 35 decimal places.
  • Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
  • The Duke has got some craze of his own about decimal coinage.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
  • Proof of this is found in the wide extended use of the decimal system.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • From these, as is well known, our decimal notation is derived.
  • Extract from : « Facts and fancies in modern science » by John William Dawson
  • If you reduce that to decimals, you will find it correct to the sixth decimal.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Invention » by Edward E. Hale

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