decimal
UK/ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl//ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/
decimal adjective: concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal. Also the alternative spelling of dismil.
Adjective
decimal (not comparable)
- Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.
- Synonyms:
- base-ten, denary
Noun
decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals)
- A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.
- What is ⁷⁄₂₃ as a decimal?
- The decimal system itself.
- A decimal place.
- Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.
- A decimal point.
Verb
decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle (US) decimaling or (UK) decimalling, simple past and past participle (US) decimaled or (UK) decimalled)
- To represent with numbers after a decimal point.
- 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."1984, Robert William Dent, Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616: An Index
- simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables2001, Richard J. Harris, A Primer of Multivariate Statistics, page 54
Also used as
decimal is also the alternative spelling of dismil.
decimal meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
decimal in Hindi
- concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal
- दशाधारी daśādhārī
- number system
- दशाधार daśādhār
decimal in Marathi
- दशांश, दशमांश, दशांशांकन
decimal in Urdu
- اعشاریہ, اعشاری
decimal in Bengali
- দশমিক
More languagesFewer languages
- decimal in Telugu
- దశాంశం, దశాంశము, దశాంశ
- decimal in Malayalam
- ദശാംശ സമ്പ്രദായം daśāṁśa sampradāyaṁ
- decimal in Kannada
- ದಶಮಾಂಶ, ದಶಾಂಶ, ದಶಮಾಂಶಕ್ಕೆ
- decimal in Punjabi
- ਦਸ਼ਾਂਕ
- decimal in Gujarati
- દશાંશ, ડેસિમલ, ડેસીમલ
- decimal in Odia
- ଦଶମିକ, ଦଶାଂଶ, ଦଶମିକକୁ
- decimal in Nepali
- दशमलव, दशांश, डेसिमल
- decimal in Tagalog
- sampuin, sampuan
- decimal in Arabic
- عَشْرِيّ ʕašriyy
- decimal in Malay
- perpuluhan, desimal
- decimal in Indonesian
- desimal, perpuluhan
- decimal in Persian
- دهدهی dahdahi
Examples of decimal in a sentence
- The exact value of pi cannot be represented in decimal notation.
- One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.
- Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.
Synonyms of decimal
- base-ten
- decimal number
- decimal place
- decimal system
- denary
Antonyms
Forms of decimal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | decimals |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | decimals |
| present participle US | decimaling |
| present participle UK | decimalling |
| past participle US | decimaled |
| past US | decimaled |
| past participle UK | decimalled |
| past UK | decimalled |
Origin of decimal
Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.
Words formed from decimal
- decimal comma
- decimal mark
- decimal reduction time
- decimal time
- binary decimal
- decimal arithmetic
- decimal candle
- decimal dozen
- decimaled
- decimal fraction
- decimalic
- decimalise
- decimalism
- decimalist
- decimalite
- decimalization
- decimalize
- decimally
- decimal without a zero
- dotted decimal
- hexatrigesimal
- heximal
- negadecimal
- nondecimal
- packed decimal
- pentadecimal
- postdecimal
- pre-decimal
- repeating decimal
- sedecimal
- septendecimal
- sexadecimal
- subdecimal
- tetradecimal
- tridecimal
Phrases with decimal
- decimal marks
- decimal place
- decimal point
- decimal dozens
- decimal number
- decimal places
- decimal points
- decimal system
- decimal candles
- decimal numbers
- decimal fractions
- binary-coded decimal
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about decimal
- What does decimal mean?
- Decimal means concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.
- What is decimal in Hindi?
- Decimal in Hindi is दशाधारी (daśādhārī), दशाधार (daśādhār). See Decimal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is decimal?
- Decimal can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce decimal?
- Decimal is pronounced /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/ (UK).
Words near decimal in the dictionary
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