subdecimal

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ decimal

Adjective

subdecimal (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) That results from a division by ten or by a multiple of ten)
   • 1888, Proceedings of the Physical Society, volumes 9-10, page 56:

     When we examine the units to note how many are founded upon natural magnitudes, we recognize that the second is not a subdecimal part of the solar day, but only the 36400 of that natural unit.

   • 1994, Horst Bunke, Patrick S. P. Wang, Henry S. Baird, Document Image Analysis, page 168:

     The detection of decimal points involves three purposes: First, recognition is concerned with the integer part alone, and subdecimal digits are not recognized in most cases.

   • 1997, Stefan Liedtke, The Languages of the 'First Nations' (page 119)

     The fact that nearly all Central American languages have a vigesimal numeral system (partly beside a subdecimal system of counting) seems to suggest that the vigesimal system only spread in recent times, […]