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Meanings of decimal in English

Russian
десятеричная система счисления
Portuguese
sistema decimal
Spanish
número en base diez
Catalan
sistema decimal

Numeral system with ten as its base.

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десятеричная система счисления
Portuguese
decimal

A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10.

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Examples for "base ten"
Examples for "base ten"
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The base ten gives only two weights that may be used.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 / A Maga...
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I have unknown-repeat ,unknown-vesselsenteringthe star system, bearing one-seven-seven zero-niner-eight relative from the primary, range from base ten-point-seven-seven light-minutes.
Echoes Of Honor
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In your base ten numbering system, that gives us a total of 65,535 separate symbols, not counting the null matrix.
The Sails of Tau Ceti
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"It's like base ten, except the ones place goes up to fifty-nine, and a hundred's worth thirty-six hundred."
Touching darkness
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That's a radical idea in a profession ruled by the Dewey decimal system.
Wired
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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
4
Finger counting explains the origin of the decimal system.
Early European History
5
They are, in great part, the tax exacted of us by our decimal system of arithmetic.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884
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First, is the number system going to be base 10 or not.
Wired
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Standard base 10 multiplication and division rules still apply.
Wired
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Commercial transactions moved from 1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence = 960 farthings, to base 10.
Radio NZ
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These statements convert the number 45 ( base 2) into base 10, and converts 45 (base 8) into base 2:
Mysql stored procedure programming
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Recent deals include Colorado- based Breckenridge Brewing, Oregon- based 10 Barrel Brewing and Virginia-based Devil's Backbone Brewing Company.
Reuters

Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten.

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Unit of area in India and Bangladesh approximately equal to 1/100 acre (40.46 m²)

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Usage of decimal in English
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Today marks 50th anniversary of converting to decimal currency in New Zealand.
Radio NZ
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How would you suggest a change from decimal to dozenal takes place?
The Guardian
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Maths-loving Zac had his whole future planned out, to the decimal point.
The South African
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It is the 50th anniversary of NZ adopting decimal currency this week.
Radio NZ
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Octet string specified as a decimal value with bytes separated with dots
Essential snmp, 2nd edition
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The Duke has got some craze of his own about decimal coinage.
The Prime Minister
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The whirling decimal register flipped back to zero and began counting again.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
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He was a mathematician as far as long division and decimal fractions.
Oomphel in the Sky
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In each decimal week, nine days were dedicated to a plant or animal.
The Irish Times
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They are celebrating 50 years of decimal currency in New Zealand this July.
Radio NZ
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Mani probably just thought the account had given her four extra decimal places.
The South African
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Divide the knots by the same decimal, and it gives the statute miles.
Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East
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Minister of Finance, Robert Muldoon holding four of the new decimal bank notes.
Radio NZ
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Rounds a numeric value to the specified number of decimal places.
Mysql stored procedure programming
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In this case the constant is designated by the decimal .005.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
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It's up there with being able to recite Pi to 10 decimal points.
The Irish Times