adjective, noun
adjective based on or counted in tens or TENTHS:
the decimal system * The figure is accurate to two decimal places (= shows two figures after the decimal point).
noun (also decimal fraction) a FRACTION (= a number less than one) that is shown as a dot or point followed by the number of TENTHS, HUNDREDTHS, etc:
The decimal 0.61 stands for 61 hundredths.
compareVULGARFRACTION
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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