decimal
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decimal/ˈdesɪml/
▶adjective relating to or denoting a system of numbers and arithmetic based on the number ten, tenth parts, and powers of ten. ▶noun a fraction whose denominator is a power of ten and whose numerator is expressed by figures placed to the right of a decimal point.
■ a system of decimal numerical notation.
– derivatives
decimally adverb.
decimally adverb.
– origin C17: from mod. L. decimalis (adj.), from L. decimus ‘tenth’.
'decimal' also found in these Oxford entries:
algorithm
- BCD
- cent
- centime
- d
- decimalize
- decimal place
- decimal point
- Dewey decimal classification
- guinea
- mantissa
- metric system
- -penny
- place
- point
- recurring decimal
- repeating decimal
- repetend
