'Decimal' definitions:
Definition of 'decimal'
From: WordNet
adjective
Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal system" [syn: decimal, denary]
noun
A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 [syn: decimal fraction, decimal]
noun
A number in the decimal system
Definition of 'Decimal'
From: GCIDE
- Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. [1913 Webster]
- Circulating decimal, or Circulatory decimal, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Decimal'
From: GCIDE
- Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr. L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds by tens.
- Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is some power of 10, as 2/10, [frac25x100], and is usually not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
- Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent units or whole numbers, as 1.05. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decimal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- algorismic,
- algorithmic,
- aliquot,
- cardinal,
- decagonal,
- decahedral,
- decasyllabic,
- decuple,
- denary,
- differential,
- digital,
- even,
- exponential,
- figural,
- figurate,
- figurative,
- finite,
- fractional,
- imaginary,
- impair,
- impossible,
- infinite,
- integral,
- irrational,
- logarithmic,
- logometric,
- negative,
- numeral,
- numerary,
- numerative,
- numeric,
- odd,
- ordinal,
- pair,
- positive,
- possible,
- prime,
- radical,
- rational,
- real,
- reciprocal,
- submultiple,
- surd,
- tenfold,
- tenth,
- tithe,
- transcendental
Words containing 'Decimal'
- Decimalization,
- Decimalize,
- Decimally,
- Decimate,
- Decimated,
- Decimating,
- Decimation,
- Decimator,
- decimalism,
- Circulating decimal,
- Circulatory decimal,
- Decimal arithmetic,
- Decimal fraction,
- Decimal point,
- Recurring decimal,
- Repeating decimal,
- decimal candle,
- decimal digit,
- decimal notation,
- decimal system,
- decimal number system,
- decimal numeration system,
- decimal system of classification,
- dewey decimal classification,
- dewey decimal system