decimal
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Decimals
adjective
relating to or denoting a
system
of
number
s and
arithmetic
based on the
number
ten
,
tenth
part
s, and
power
s of
ten
:
10進法の
e.g.
decimal arithmetic.
relating to or denoting a
system
of
currency
,
weight
s and
measure
s, or other
unit
s in which the
smaller
unit
s are related to the
principal
unit
s as
powe
rs of
ten
:
e.g.
decimal coinage.
noun
a
fraction
whose
denominator
is a
power
of
ten
and whose
numerator
is
express
ed by
figure
s placed to the
right
of a
decimal point
.
小数(
decimal fraction
)
the
system
of
decimal
numerical
notation
.
DERIVATIVES
decimally
adverb
ORIGIN
early
17th century
: from modern
Latin
decimalis
(adjective), from
Latin
decimus
‘
tenth
’.