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Meanings of decimal number system in English

Portuguese
sistema decimal

A positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten.

sistema decimal
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Examples for "decimal numeration system"
Examples for "decimal numeration system"
1
That's a radical idea in a profession ruled by the Dewey decimal system.
Wired
2
But Miramon repeated that there was nothing like the decimal system.
Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances
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Proof of this is found in the wide extended use of the decimal system.
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
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Finger counting explains the origin of the decimal system.
Early European History
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They are, in great part, the tax exacted of us by our decimal system of arithmetic.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884
Translations for decimal number system
Portuguese
sistema decimal