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Decimal   /dˈɛsəməl/   Listen
Decimal

adjective
1.
Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten.  Synonym: denary.
noun
1.
A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10.  Synonym: decimal fraction.
2.
A number in the decimal system.



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"Decimal" Quotes from Famous Books



... an easy example, can remember the value of the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of the circle beyond four places of decimals, or at most six—3.141592. Here is the value to 108 decimal places: ...
— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens
... laughed. "You'll find it way back in the forest," he said, "and enough sweet potatoes to distil fifty gallons of spirit—all proof, sir, decimal 1986 specific gravity water extracted by Soemmering's method—in fact, as good as you could get it ...
— The Keepers of the King's Peace • Edgar Wallace
... in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, reduction, simple and compound proportion, and vulgar and decimal fractions, must be ...
— Henry Ossian Flipper, The Colored Cadet at West Point • Henry Ossian Flipper
... proportion to their height, criminals generally weigh less than normal individuals, whose weight in kilogrammes is given by the decimal figures of his height as expressed in ...
— Criminal Man - According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso • Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
... the articles cost per dozen by 10. which is done by removing the decimal point one place to ...
— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs


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