decimal
81Decimal birthday — A decimal birthday is celebrated using the decimal (base ten) numeral system. This form of celebration has become more popular since the widespread use of computers and the internet which have made the calculation of the decimal birthday easier… …
82decimal dust — (DES.uh.mul dust) n. An inconsequential numerical amount. Example Citation: In 1999, Gonzalez received $1.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to compare his enzyme nutritional therapy with the best chemotherapy now available for the… …
83decimal point — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms decimal point : singular decimal point plural decimal points maths the symbol . in a decimal …
84decimal place — /dɛsəməl ˈpleɪs/ (say desuhmuhl plays) noun 1. the position of a digit to the right of a decimal point: in 9.623, 3 is in the third decimal place. 2. the number of digits to the right of a decimal point: 9.623 is a number in three decimal places …
85decimal point — noun the dot at the left of a decimal fraction • Syn: ↑percentage point, ↑point • Hypernyms: ↑mathematical notation * * * noun, pl ⋯ points [count] mathematics : the dot (as in .678 or 3.678) that separates a whole number from tenths, hundredths …
86Decimal calendar — A decimal calendar contains either ten days per week, a multiple of ten days in a month, or ten months per year. Examples that have been adopted are the calendar of Romulus, the Egyptian calendar, the Alexandrian calendar, the Coptic calendar,… …
87Decimal I (Cyrillic) — Cyrillic alphabet navbox Heading=Cyrillic letter Decimal I uuc=0406|ulc=0456|numeral=10I (І, і) (also called dotted I ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the orthographies of the Belarusian, Kazakh and Ukrainian languages. It… …
88decimal fraction — Arith. a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000. Cf. common fraction, nonterminating decimal, terminating decimal. [1650… …
89decimal number — noun A number represented by the decimal digits 0 to 9 and possibly a decimal point. Thirteen and a quarter is 13.25 as a decimal number. Syn: base 10, number …
90decimal point — noun a) A point (.) used to separate the fractional part of a decimal from the whole part. b) A decimal mark, any symbol used to separate the fractional part of a decimal from the whole part …
