aukastafur
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From auka- (“extra, additional”) + stafur (“character, letter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aukastafur m (genitive singular aukastafs, nominative plural aukastafir)
- (mathematics) a numeral appearing in the fractional part of a number written in positional notation (i.e. after the radix point), e.g. a numeral in some decimal place in a decimal number
Usage notes
[edit]This word refers to the numerals themselves rather than their positions, so its meaning is not quite the same as that of English decimal place or place; however, it is often used in similar contexts, such as when counting decimal places, e.g. námunda að þremur aukastöfum (“to round to three decimal places”).
Declension
[edit]Declension of aukastafur | ||||
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m-s2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | aukastafur | aukastafurinn | aukastafir | aukastafirnir |
accusative | aukastaf | aukastafinn | aukastafi | aukastafina |
dative | aukastaf | aukastafnum | aukastöfum | aukastöfunum |
genitive | aukastafs | aukastafsins | aukastafa | aukastafanna |