decimal

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  1. noun A linear array of digits that represents a real number, every decimal place indicating a multiple of a negative power of 10. For example, the decimal 0.1 = 1/10 , 0.12 = 12/100 , 0.003 = 3/1000 . Also called decimal fraction.
  2. noun A number written using the base 10.
  3. adjective Expressed or expressible as a decimal.
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  • Link to specific places either as a Google Maps page or a decimal latitude and longitude written like this: lat / lng: 55.949400, - 3.200000. —  Google Sightseeing
  • That's what happened with the generic domain name Decimal. com.. decimal, Inc., which uses the domain name dotdecimal. com, waged the complaint against the owner of Decimal. com. —  Domain Name Wire
  • Even if the domain had been registered after 1999 the arbitrator would have a tough time handing this domain to a. decimal, Inc. —  Domain Name Wire
  • It stores the digits in binary coded decimal, with one digit per byte. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • Can accept string representations of decimal, octal, or hexadecimal numbers as input. —  Sun Bloggers
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  1. Medieval Latin decimālis, of tenths or tithes, from Latin decima, a tenth part or tithe, from decem, ten; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French decimal, French décimal = Spanish Portuguese decimal = Italian decimale = Dutch decimaal = G. Danish Swedish decimal, from Middle Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, tenth, from decem = English ten: see ten.
 

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