Wiktionary

decimal

See also: décimal

Translingual

edit
 
Signal flag for the decimal point

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from English decimal, as in decimal point.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

decimal

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for decimal point.

Coordinate terms

edit


ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal

References

edit
  1. ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2001 October, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

English

edit
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

edit
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

edit

decimal (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

edit

Derived terms

edit

Translations

edit

Noun

edit

decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals)

  1. (countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.
    What is 7⁄23 as a decimal?
  2. (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself.
  3. (informal) A decimal place.
    Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.
  4. (informal) A decimal point.
  5. Alternative spelling of dismil

Synonyms

edit

Antonyms

edit
  • (antonym(s) of “fractional number”): See fraction

Hyponyms

edit
edit

Translations

edit
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked

Verb

edit

decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling or decimalling, simple past and past participle decimaled or decimalled)

  1. To represent with numbers after a decimal point.
    • 1984, Robert William Dent, Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616: An Index‎[2]:
      Single- decimaled entries, often originating in Whiting (Wh) or Wilson (OW; see p. 23, fn.3), are from SPL. To save space, examples cited in SPL are normally not repeated (examples therefore begin with "Add:"). Double- decimaled entries, again often based on Wh or OW, are "new."
    • 2001, Richard J. Harris, A Primer of Multivariate Statistics‎[3], page 54:
      simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables
    • 2015, Brad Knickerbocker, It’s Pi Day! Let’s have some pie., Christian Science Monitor:
      So naturally, 3/14 – the 14th of March – is celebrated as “Pi Day.” And since 3.14 is the beginning, not the end of Pi – it can be decimaled on out to infinity – and since the next two numbers are 1 and 5 voila! today’s date 3/14/15 is really special.

Derived terms

edit

See also

edit

References

edit

Anagrams

edit

Catalan

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimals)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

Further reading

edit

Galician

edit

Pronunciation

edit
 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /dɛθiˈmal/ [d̪ɛ.θiˈmɑɫ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /dɛsiˈmal/ [d̪ɛ.siˈmɑɫ]

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

edit

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

Further reading

edit

Piedmontese

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

decimal

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal
edit

Portuguese

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

edit
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

edit

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)

Noun

edit

decimal m (plural decimais)

  1. (countable) decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)

Further reading

edit
  • “decimal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from French décimal.

Adjective

edit

decimal m or n (feminine singular decimală, masculine plural decimali, feminine and neuter plural decimale)

  1. Alternative form of zecimal

Declension

edit
Declension of decimal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite decimal decimală decimali decimale
definite decimalul decimala decimalii decimalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite decimal decimale decimali decimale
definite decimalului decimalei decimalilor decimalelor

Further reading

edit

Spanish

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deθiˈmal/ [d̪e.θiˈmal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desiˈmal/ [d̪e.siˈmal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

edit

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)

  1. decimal

Derived terms

edit
edit

Further reading

edit

Swedish

edit

Adjective

edit

decimal

  1. decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

Declension

edit
Inflection of decimal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular decimal — —
neuter singular decimalt — —
plural decimala — —
masculine plural2 decimale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 decimale — —
all decimala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

edit

See also

edit

Noun

edit

decimal c

  1. a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)

Declension

edit
Declension of decimal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite decimal decimals
definite decimalen decimalens
plural indefinite decimaler decimalers
definite decimalerna decimalernas
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=decimal&oldid=84187981"