Decimal definition

Numbered or ordered by groups of 10.

Expressed or expressible as a decimal.

Of or based on the number 10; progressing by tens.

A fraction with an unwritten denominator of 10 or some power of 10, indicated by a point (decimal point) before the numerator (Ex.: .5 =⁵₁₀)

Any number written using a decimal point.

A representation of a real number using the base ten and decimal notation, such as 201.4, 3.89, or 0.0006.

A decimal fraction.

Meaning 10. The numbering system used by humans, which is based on 10 digits. In contrast, computers use binary numbers because it is easier to design electronic systems that can maintain two states rather than 10.

Decimal is defined as a system of numbers or currency where everything is based on the number ten, or on parts of ten.

The definition of a decimal is a number written with a decimal point and a remainder that represents portions of ten.

A number written using the base 10.

A linear array of digits that contains a single period, called the decimal point, is possibly preceded by a minus sign (−), and represents a real number, with each successive digit to the right of the decimal point indicating a multiple of the next negative power of 10, and each successive digit to the left of the decimal point indicating a multiple of the next non-negative power of ten, beginning with 10⁰ = 1. For example, 245.3 represents the real number (2 × 10² ) + (4 × 10¹ ) + (5 × 10⁰ ) + (3 × 10⁻¹ ) = 200 + 40 + 5 +³₁₀ , and −1.04 represents the real number (−1 × 10⁰ ) + (−4 × 10⁻² ).

Such an array of digits in which there are no nonzero digits to the left of the decimal point, representing a real number between −1 and 1.

Based on 10.

(arithmetic, computing, uncountable) The number system that uses the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

(countable) A number expressed in this system.

(informal) A decimal place.

(informal) A decimal point.

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