
[Medieval Latin decimālis, of tenths or tithes, from Latin decima, a tenth part or tithe, from decem, ten.]
decimally dec'i·mal·ly adv.With divisor/multiplier steps of 10 between units, in contrast with the steps of 2 and its powers for binary and its compounds, of 12 for duodecimal, of 16 for hexadecimal, of 20 for vigesimal, and of 60 for sexagesimal, etc. The original metric system of the 1790s made decimal scaling usual in Europe, though it had then been usual in China for a thousand years. The SI system, although nominally decimal through its metric heritage, is largely millesimal, i.e. in steps of 1 000. Steps of 100 are centesimal.
Meaning 10. The numbering system used by humans, which is based on 10 digits. In contrast, computers use binary numbers because it is easier to design electronic systems that can maintain two states rather than 10.
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A decimal system uses the number 10 as its basic unit of measurement.
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Fractional numbers (see fraction) expressed as whole numbers of tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and so on. One-half, for example, is 0.5 in decimal terms.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - titals-, decimal-
n. - decimal, decimalbrøk
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Nederlands (Dutch)
decimaal (getal), tientallig, tiendelig
Français (French)
adj. - décimal
n. - décimale
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Dezimalzahl, Dezimale, Dezimalstelle
adj. - Dezimal-, dezimal, dekadisch, Zehner-
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεκαδικό κλάσμα
adj. - (μαθημ.) δεκαδικός, (του) δεκαδικού συστήματος
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - decimal (m)
adj. - decimal
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Español (Spanish)
adj. - decimal
n. - decimal
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - decimal
adj. - decimal-
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
十进位的, 小数的, 小数
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 十進位的, 小數的
n. - 小數
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한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 십진법의, 소수의
n. - 소수
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小数
adj. - 10進法の, 小数の
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) أي رقم ذو كسر عشري أو مئوي (صفه) عشري
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - עשרוני
n. - שבר עשרוני
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