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decimal
Translingual
Etymology
From English decimal point
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dei?si??mal] [sic]
Numeral
decimal
- Code word for the decimal point in the NATO/ICAO and ITU/IMO spelling alphabets.
References
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [?d?s?m??]
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?s?m?l/
Noun
decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals)
- (countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.
- What is 7?23 as a decimal?
- (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself.
- (informal) A decimal place.
- Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.
- (informal) A decimal point.
Synonyms
- (number): See decimal number
- (system): See decimal system
- (place): See decimal place
Antonyms
- (fractional number): See fraction
Hyponyms
- binary-coded decimal
Related terms
Translations
References
- decimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Adjective
decimal (not comparable)
- (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.
Synonyms
- base-ten, denary (rare)
Translations
Verb
decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling, simple past and past participle decimaled)
- to represent with numbers after a decimal point
- 1984 Robert William Dent, Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616: An Index
- Single- decimaled entries, often originating in Whiting (Wh) or Wilson (OW; see p. 23, fn.3), are from SPL. To save space, examples cited in SPL are normally not repeated (examples therefore begin with "Add:"). Double- decimaled entries, again often based on Wh or OW, are "new."
- 2001 Richard J. Harris A Primer of Multivariate Statistics page 54
- simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables
- 2015 Brad Knickerbocker, It’s Pi Day! Let’s have some pie. Christian Science Monitor
- So naturally, 3/14 – the 14th of March – is celebrated as “Pi Day.” And since 3.14 is the beginning, not the end of Pi – it can be decimaled on out to infinity – and since the next two numbers are 1 and 5 voila! today’s date 3/14/15 is really special.
- 1984 Robert William Dent, Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616: An Index
Derived terms
- decimaled
- decimalic
- decimalite
See also
- base
- binary
- octal
- duodecimal
- hexadecimal
- vigesimal
- sexagesimal
Anagrams
- camelid, claimed, declaim, maliced, medical
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus.
Adjective
decimal m or f (plural decimais, comparable)
- (arithmetic, computing) decimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)
Noun
decimal m (plural decimais)
- (countable) decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)
Related terms
- decimo
Romanian
Etymology
From French décimal.
Adjective
decimal m or n (feminine singular decimal?, masculine plural decimali, feminine and neuter plural decimale)
- decimal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /de?i?mal/, [d?e.?i?mal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /desi?mal/, [d?e.si?mal]
Adjective
decimal (plural decimales)
- decimal
Derived terms
- coma decimal
- punto decimal
Related terms
- décimo
Further reading
- “decimal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Adjective
decimal
- decimal (using ten digits 0-9)
Declension
Related terms
- decimalbråk
- decimalkomma
- decimalsystem
See also
- binär
- oktal
- hexadecimal
Noun
decimal c
- a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)
Declension
decimal From the web:
- what decimal is equivalent to
- what decimal is equivalent to 1/8
- what decimal is equivalent to 17
- what decimal is equivalent to 7/8
- what decimal is equivalent to 3/5
- what decimal is equivalent to 5/8
- what decimal is equivalent to 3/4
- what decimal is equivalent to 1/3
decimalisation
English
Alternative forms
- decimalization
Etymology
From decimalise +? -ation
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?s?m?la??ze???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
decimalisation (usually uncountable, plural decimalisations)
- Conversion to a decimal system.
- Specifically, conversion of the currency of the United Kingdom in 1971 from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100 new pence (later renamed simply pence).
Related terms
- decimal
- decimalise
See also
- Wikipedia article on decimalisation
Anagrams
- medicalisation
decimalisation From the web:
- decimalisation meaning
- decimalisation what does it mean
- what year decimalisation
- what was decimalisation when did it happen
- what year was decimalisation in ireland
- what day was decimalisation
- what year did decimalisation take place
- what was before decimalisation
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