decimal point

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

decimal point (plural decimal points)

1. (arithmetic) A symbol ( . ) used to separate the fractional part of a decimal from the whole part.
2. (proscribed) A decimal place.

[edit] Usage notes

• (proscribed, a decimal place): The use of decimal point to mean "a digit in the fractional part of a decimal" is incorrect. Decimal numbers can have any number of decimal places, but have only one decimal point.

[edit] Translations

Note: In some countries, especially those in continental Europe, the symbol used is a comma, and so the word used in the languages spoken in these countries is often the same as or derived from the word for comma.