decimal

See also: décimal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsɪməɫ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪməl/

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Noun

decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals)

1. (countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

   What is ⁷⁄₂₃ as a decimal?

2. (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself.
3. (informal) A decimal place.

   Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.

4. (informal) A decimal point.

Synonyms

• (number): See decimal number
• (system): See decimal system
• (place): See decimal place

Antonyms

• (fractional number): See fraction

Hyponyms

• binary-coded decimal

Related terms

• decim
• decimate

 

Translations

number system

• Bulgarian: десети́чна систе́ма f (desetíčna sistéma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十進制／十进制 (zh) (shíjìnzhì), 十进制 (zh) (shíjìnzhì)

• Czech: desítková soustava f, dekadická soustava f
• Danish: decimal
• Dutch: decimaalstelsel n, tientallig talstelsel n
• Esperanto: dekuma sistemo
• Finnish: kymmenjärjestelmä (fi)
• French: décimal (fr) m, système décimal (fr) m
• German: Dezimalsystem (de) n, Zehnersystem (de) n
• Greek: δεκαδικό (el) n (dekadikó)
• Hindi: दशमलव (hi) m (daśamlav)
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• Indonesian: desimal (id), perpuluhan (id)
• Italian: decimale (it)
• Japanese: 十進数 (じっしんすう, jisshinsū), 十進法 (ja) (じっしんぽう, jisshimpō)
• Malay: perpuluhan, desimal
• Norwegian: desimal (no)
• Persian: دهدهی (fa) (dahdahi)
• Portuguese: decimal (pt)
• Romanian: sistem zecimal (ro) n
• Russian: десяти́чная систе́ма f (desjatíčnaja sistéma)
• Swedish: decimalsystem (sv) n
• Tagalog: sampuan
• Turkish: ondalık sistem (tr)

number expressed in this system — see decimal number

decimal place — see decimal place

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Translations to be checked

• Galician: ^{(please verify)} deachúil
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• Latin: ^{(please verify)} decimalis

References

• decimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

decimal (not comparable)

1. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

Synonyms

• base-ten, denary (rare)

Translations

concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal

• Bulgarian: десети́чен (desetíčen)
• Catalan: decimal (ca)
• Czech: desítkový
• Dutch: decimaal (nl), decimale (nl), tientallig (nl), tientallige (nl)
• Esperanto: dekuma (eo), decimala
• Finnish: desimaalinen (fi)
• French: décimal (fr)
• German: dezimal (de)
• Greek: δεκαδικός (el) (dekadikós)
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• Ido: decimala (io)
• Portuguese: decimal (pt)
• Romanian: zecimal (ro)
• Russian: десяти́чный (ru) (desjatíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deicheach
• Spanish: decimal
• Swahili: -a miongo
• Swedish: decimal (sv)
• Tagalog: sampuin

Verb

decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling, simple past and past participle decimaled)

1. to represent with numbers after a decimal point
   • 1984 Robert William Dent, Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616: An Index

     Single- decimaled entries, often originating in Whiting (Wh) or Wilson (OW; see p. 23, fn.3), are from SPL. To save space, examples cited in SPL are normally not repeated (examples therefore begin with "Add:"). Double- decimaled entries, again often based on Wh or OW, are "new."

   • 2001 Richard J. Harris A Primer of Multivariate Statistics page 54

     simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables

   • 2015 Brad Knickerbocker, It’s Pi Day! Let’s have some pie. Christian Science Monitor

     So naturally, 3/14 – the 14th of March – is celebrated as “Pi Day.” And since 3.14 is the beginning, not the end of Pi – it can be decimaled on out to infinity – and since the next two numbers are 1 and 5 voila! today’s date 3/14/15 is really special.

Derived terms

• decimaled
• decimalic
• decimalite

See also

• base
• binary
• octal
• duodecimal
• hexadecimal
• vigesimal
• sexagesimal

Anagrams

• camelid, claimed, declaim, medical

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus.

Adjective

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)

Noun

decimal m (plural decimais)

1. (countable) decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)

Related terms

• decimo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deθiˈmal/ [d̪e.θiˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /desiˈmal/ [d̪e.siˈmal]

Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)

1. decimal

Derived terms

• coma decimal
• punto decimal

Related terms

• décimo

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Swedish

Adjective

decimal

1. decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

Declension

Inflection of decimal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	decimal	—	—
Neuter singular	decimalt	—	—
Plural	decimala	—	—
Masculine plural3	decimale	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	decimale	—	—
All	decimala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• decimalbråk
• decimalkomma
• decimalsystem

See also

• binär
• oktal
• hexadecimal

Noun

decimal c

1. a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)

Declension

Declension of decimal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	decimal	decimalen	decimaler	decimalerna
Genitive	decimals	decimalens	decimalers	decimalernas