different between decimal vs fraction

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 fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraction, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus (English fracture), past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg- (English break).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?k?sh?n, IPA^(key): /?f?æk.??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

fraction (plural fractions)

1. A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
2. (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.
3. (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
4. In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
5. A small amount.
6. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
   • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments

     Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fraction.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

fraction (third-person singular simple present fractions, present participle fractioning, simple past and past participle fractioned)

1. To divide or break into fractions.

Translations

References

• “fraction” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “fraction”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• "fraction" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• Croftian, factor in, infocrat

French

Etymology

From Old French fraction, borrowed from Latin fractio, fractionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ak.sj??/

Noun

fraction f (plural fractions)

1. fraction (small amount)

2. (mathematics) fraction

3. fraction, breakup

Derived terms

• barre de fraction
• fractionnaire
• fractionner

Related terms

• fracture

Further reading

• “fraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• fronçait