decimal

See also: décimal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsɪməɫ]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪməl/

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Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (number): See decimal number
• (system): See decimal system
• (place): See decimal place

Antonyms

• (fractional number): See fraction

Hyponyms

• binary-coded decimal

Related terms

• decim
• decimate

 

Translations

number system

• Bulgarian: десети́чна систе́ма f (desetíčna sistéma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十進制 (zh), 十进制 (zh) (shíjìnzhì)

• Czech: desítková soustava f, dekadická soustava f
• Danish: decimal
• Dutch: decimaalstelsel n, tientallig talstelsel n
• Esperanto: dekuma sistemo
• Finnish: kymmenjärjestelmä (fi)
• French: décimal (fr) m, système décimal (fr) m
• German: Dezimalsystem (de) n, Zehnersystem (de) n
• Greek: δεκαδικό (el) n (dekadikó)
• Hindi: दशमलव (hi) m (daśamlav)
• Indonesian: desimal (id), perpuluhan (id)

• Italian: decimale (it)
• Japanese: 十進数 (じっしんすう, jisshinsū), 十進法 (ja) (じっしんぽう, jisshimpō)
• Korean: 십진법 (ko) (sipjinbeop)
• Malay: perpuluhan, desimal
• Norwegian: desimal (no)
• Persian: دهدهی‎ (fa) (dahdahi)
• Portuguese: decimal (pt)
• Romanian: sistem zecimal (ro) n
• Russian: десяти́чная систе́ма f (desjatíčnaja sistéma)
• Swedish: decimalsystem (sv) n
• Tagalog: sampuan
• Turkish: ondalık sistem (tr)

number expressed in this system — see decimal number

decimal place — see decimal place

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Galician: ^{(please verify)} deachúil

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} decimalis

References

• decimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

decimal (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• base-ten, denary (rare)

Translations

concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal

• Bulgarian: десети́чен (desetíčen)
• Catalan: decimal (ca)
• Czech: desítkový
• Dutch: decimaal (nl), decimale (nl), tientallig (nl), tientallige (nl)
• Esperanto: dekuma (eo), decimala
• Finnish: desimaalinen (fi)
• French: décimal (fr)
• German: dezimal (de)
• Greek: δεκαδικός (el) (dekadikós)
• Ido: decimala (io)

• Irish: deachúlach, deachúil
• Portuguese: decimal (pt)
• Romanian: zecimal (ro)
• Russian: десяти́чный (ru) (desjatíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deicheach
• Spanish: decimal
• Swahili: -a miongo
• Swedish: decimal (sv)
• Tagalog: sampuin

Verb

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

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

     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 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

• decimaled
• decimalic
• decimalite

See also

• base
• binary
• octal
• duodecimal
• hexadecimal
• vigesimal
• sexagesimal

Anagrams

• camelid, claimed, declaim, maliced, medical

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus.

Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais, comparable)

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

Noun

decimal m (plural decimais)

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

Related terms

• decimo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /deθiˈmal/, [d̪eθiˈmal]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /desiˈmal/, [d̪esiˈmal]

Adjective

decimal (plural decimales)

1. decimal

Derived terms

• coma decimal
• punto decimal

Related terms

• décimo

Further reading

• “decimal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Adjective

decimal

1. decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

Declension

Inflection of decimal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	decimal	—	—
Neuter singular	decimalt	—	—
Plural	decimala	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	decimale	—	—
All	decimala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Related terms

• decimalbråk
• decimalkomma
• decimalsystem

See also

• binär
• oktal
• hexadecimal

Noun

decimal c

1. a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)

Declension

Declension of decimal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	decimal	decimalen	decimaler	decimalerna
Genitive	decimals	decimalens	decimalers	decimalernas