different between decimal vs declaration

Translingual

Etymology

From English decimal point

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dei?si??mal] ^[sic]

Numeral

decimal

1. 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)

1. (countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

   What is ⁷?₂₃ as a decimal?

2. (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself.
3. (informal) A decimal place.

   Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.

4. (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)

1. (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)

1. 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.

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)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)

Noun

decimal m (plural decimais)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

Declension

Related terms

• decimalbråk
• decimalkomma
• decimalsystem

See also

• binär
• oktal
• hexadecimal

Noun

decimal c

1. a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin d?cl?r?ti?nem, accusative of Latin d?cl?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?kl???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

declaration (countable and uncountable, plural declarations)

1. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

2. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
3. The act or process of declaring.
4. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
5. (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
6. (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Synonyms

• (act or process of declaring): notice
• (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
• (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement

Hyponyms

• (computing): forward declaration

Related terms

• declare

Translations

See also

• complaint
• customs declaration
• statutory
• statutory declaration

Further reading

• declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• indacaterol, redactional

Middle French

Noun

declaration f (plural declarations)

1. declaration