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Definition of Decimal

Decimal

  1. Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.
  2. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.

Decimal Quotations

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.
William Gilmore Simms

Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your .
Tom Lehrer

The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that.
Michelle Rodriguez
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Decimal Translations

decimal in German is dezimal
decimal in Italian is decimale
decimal in Spanish is decimal
decimal in Swedish is decimal

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