Decimal-point meaning

A dot written in a decimal number, as in 8.375, to indicate the place where values change from positive to negative powers of 10.
noun
0
0
A period used in decimal notation to separate whole numbers from fractions, as in the number 1.3, which represents 1 +3 /10 .
0
0
(arithmetic) A point (.) used to separate the fractional part of a decimal from the whole part.
noun
0
0
(arithmetic) A decimal mark, any symbol used to separate the fractional part of a decimal from the whole part.
noun
0
0
(proscribed) A decimal place.
noun
0
0
Advertisement

Sentence Examples

  • The decimal point is, however, used systematically in the Constructio (1619), there being perhaps two hundred decimal points altogether in the book.

  • These examples show that Napier was in possession of all the conventions and attributes that enable the decimal point to complete so symmetrically our system of notation, viz.

  • Napier thus had complete command over decimal fractions and the use of the decimal point.

  • When the base is to, the logarithms of all numbers in which the digits are the same, no matter where the decimal point may be, have the same mantissa; thus, for example, log 2.5613 =0-4084604, log 25.613 =1.4084604, log 2561300 = 6.4084604, &c.

  • The fact that when the base is io the mantissa of the logarithm is independent of the position of the decimal point in the number affords the chief reason for the choice of io as base.

More sentences →

Also Mentioned In

Words near decimal-point in the Dictionary