decimal

From English decimal, as in decimal point.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪˈsiːˈmæl/[1]

decimal

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for decimal point.

Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/

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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.

• (number): See decimal number
• (system): See decimal system
• (place): See decimal place

• (fractional number): See fraction

• binary-coded decimal

decimal (not comparable)

1. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

• base-ten, denary (rare)

decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling or decimalling, simple past and past participle decimaled or decimalled)

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.

• base
• binary
• octal
• undecimal
• duodecimal
• hexadecimal
• vigesimal
• sexagesimal
• transdecimal

• decimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.siˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [de.siˈmal]

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimals)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

• “decimal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

• “decimal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• IPA^(key): /det͡ʃiˈmal/

decimal

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

• décim

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

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

decimal m (plural decimais)

1. (countable) decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)

• “decimal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from French décimal.

decimal m or n (feminine singular decimală, masculine plural decimali, feminine and neuter plural decimale)

1. Alternative form of zecimal

• decimal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deθiˈmal/ [d̪e.θiˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /desiˈmal/ [d̪e.siˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: de‧ci‧mal

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)

1. decimal

• “decimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

decimal

1. decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

• decimalbråk
• decimalkomma
• decimalsystem

• binär
• oktal
• hexadecimal

decimal c

1. a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)