Decimal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr.
     L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Dime}.]
     Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;
     having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten
     times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal
     coinage.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Decimal arithmetic}, the common arithmetic, in which
        numeration proceeds by tens.
  
     {Decimal fraction}, a fraction in which the denominator is
        some power of 10, as 2/10, [frac25x100], and is usually
        not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the
        left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
  
     {Decimal point}, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal
        fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent
        units or whole numbers, as 1.05.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.
     A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
     almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
     fraction.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Circulating decimal}, or {Circulatory decimal}, a decimal
        fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is
        constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also
        {recurring decimal}, {repeating decimal}, and {repetend}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decimal
       adj 1: numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal
              system" [syn: {denary}]
       2: divided by tens or hundreds; "a decimal fraction"; "decimal
          coinage"
       n 1: a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 [syn: {decimal
            fraction}]
       2: a number in the decimal system

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "decimal":
     algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, cardinal, decagonal, decahedral,
     decasyllabic, decuple, denary, differential, digital, even,
     exponential, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, fractional,
     imaginary, impair, impossible, infinite, integral, irrational,
     logarithmic, logometric, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative,
     numeric, odd, ordinal, pair, positive, possible, prime, radical,
     rational, real, reciprocal, submultiple, surd, tenfold, tenth,
     tithe, transcendental