decimal
See also: décimal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.
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
Translations
number system
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number expressed in this system — see decimal number
decimal place — see decimal place
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Adjective
decimal (not comparable)
- (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.
Translations
concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal
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
See also
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)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /deθiˈmal/, [d̪eθiˈmal]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /desiˈmal/, [d̪esiˈmal]
Related terms
Further reading
- “decimal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Declension
Inflection of decimal | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | decimal | — | — |
Neuter singular | decimalt | — | — |
Plural | decimala | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | decimale | — | — |
All | decimala | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
Related terms
- decimalbråk
- decimalkomma
- decimalsystem
See also
- binär
- oktal
- hexadecimal
Declension
Declension of decimal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | decimal | decimalen | decimaler | decimalerna |
Genitive | decimals | decimalens | decimalers | decimalernas |
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