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  1. 1. a. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a number in the decimal system Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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 -- 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. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. Circulating, 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, and repetend. Source: webster
  7. 7. Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times theunit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage. Decimalarithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds bytens.-- Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is somepower of 10, as -- Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of adecimal fraction. The figures at the left of the point representunits or whole numbers, as 1.05. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:62/n:38 n. a number in the decimal system s. numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten Source: ecdict

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