decimal

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Translingual

Etymology

From English decimal, as in decimal point.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪˈsiːˈmæl/

Noun

decimal

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

References

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

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

decimal (not comparable)

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

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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.

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Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "fractional number"): See fraction

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Translations

number expressed in this system — see decimal number
decimal place — see decimal place
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Verb

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:
      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.

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Catalan

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Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimals)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

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Galician

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Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

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Piedmontese

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Adjective

decimal

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

 

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

Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

  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)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décimal.

Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of zecimal

Declension

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deθiˈmal/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /desiˈmal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)

  1. decimal

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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 — —
Masculine plural3 decimale — —
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.
3) Dated or archaic

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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
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