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Webster 1913 Edition
Decimal
Dec′i-mal
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller;
as,
decimal
notation; a decimal
coinage.Decimal arithmetic
, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds by tens.
– Decimal fraction
, a fraction in which the denominator is some power of 10, as 2⁄10, 25⁄100, and is usually not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
– Decimal point
, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent units or whole numbers, as 1.05.
Dec′i-mal
,Noun.
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
Circulating decimal
, or Circulatory decimal
a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; – called also
recurring decimal
, repeating decimal
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