decimal
pronunciation
How to pronounce decimal in British English:
UK [ˈdesɪml]
How to pronounce decimal in American English:
US [ˈdesɪml]
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- Noun:
- a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
- a number in the decimal system
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- Adjective:
- numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
- divided by tens or hundreds
Word Origin
- decimal
- decimal: [17] Decimal comes from decimālis, a medieval Latin coinage based on decimus ‘tenth’, the ordinal derivative of Latin decem ‘ten’ (a relative of English ten). Other descendants of decem include December, decimate, dime, and the prefix deci-, while its Greek cousin déka has given us decade [15] and the prefix deca-.=> decade, december, decimate, dime, ten, tithe
- decimal (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Medeival Latin decimalis "of tithes or tenths," from Latin decimus "tenth," from decem "ten" (see ten). Applied to Arabic notation before modern sense of "decimal fractions" emerged. As a noun from 1640s.
Example
- 1. Atomic clocks measure time using the oscillations of a single atom and are accurate to 17 decimal places .
- 2. " Can you believe it ? Surely , the decimal point was misplaced , " the beijing morning post quoted one person as saying .
- 3. In the same way , it is not known if there exists an infinity of prime numbers , the decimal representation of which does not use the digit 7 .
- 4. Those scale theoritically has no limit every quake , every measured as for them between 0 and 9.5 , but single decimal point can be a giant increasing destruction .
- 5. In fact , for the first time since 1952 , british interest rates may well boast a " two " in front of the decimal point .