Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decimal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr.
L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Dime}.]
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 2/10, 25/100, and is usually not
expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the left
hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decimal
adj 1: numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal
system" [syn: {denary}]
2: divided by tens or hundreds; "a decimal fraction"; "decimal
coinage"
n 1: a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 [syn: {decimal
fraction}]
2: a number in the decimal system
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