decimal

Signal flag for the decimal point

• Decimal, DECIMAL

Borrowed from English decimal, as in decimal point.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeˈsiˈmal]^[1]

decimal

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for decimal point.

• stop

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes

Alfa

Bravo

Charlie

Delta

Echo

Foxtrot

Golf

Hotel

India

Juliett

Kilo

Lima

Mike

November

Oscar

Papa

Quebec

Romeo

Sierra

Tango

Uniform

Victor

Whiskey

Xray

Yankee

Zulu

zero

one

two

three (tree)

four (fower)

five (fife)

six

seven

eight

nine (niner)

hundred

thousand

decimal

Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/

• Audio (US):

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decimal (not comparable)

1. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

• base-ten, denary (rare)

decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals)

1. (countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

   What is ⁷⁄₂₃ as a decimal?

2. (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself.
3. (informal) A decimal place.

   Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.

4. (informal) A decimal point.
5. Alternative spelling of dismil.

• (number): See decimal number
• (system): See decimal system
• (place): See decimal place

• (antonym(s) of “fractional number”): See fraction

• binary-coded decimal

decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling or decimalling, simple past and past participle decimaled or decimalled)

1. To represent with numbers after a decimal point.
   • 1984, Robert William Dent, Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616: An Index‎^[2]:

     Single- decimaled entries, often originating in Whiting (Wh) or Wilson (OW; see p. 23, fn.3), are from SPL. To save space, examples cited in SPL are normally not repeated (examples therefore begin with "Add:"). Double- decimaled entries, again often based on Wh or OW, are "new."

   • 2001, Richard J. Harris, A Primer of Multivariate Statistics‎^[3], page 54:

     simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables

   • 2015, Brad Knickerbocker, It’s Pi Day! Let’s have some pie., Christian Science Monitor:

     So naturally, 3/14 – the 14th of March – is celebrated as “Pi Day.” And since 3.14 is the beginning, not the end of Pi – it can be decimaled on out to infinity – and since the next two numbers are 1 and 5 voila! today’s date 3/14/15 is really special.

• base
• binary
• octal
• undecimal
• duodecimal
• hexadecimal
• vigesimal
• sexagesimal
• transdecimal

• decimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• camelid, claimed, declaim, maliced, medical

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.siˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.siˈmal]

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimals)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

• “decimal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

• “decimal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /det͡ʃiˈmal/

decimal

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

• décim

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus. By surface analysis, décimo +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)

decimal m (plural decimais)

1. (countable) decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)

• “decimal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from French décimal.

decimal m or n (feminine singular decimală, masculine plural decimali, feminine and neuter plural decimale)

1. alternative form of zecimal

• “decimal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

• IPA^(key): /deθiˈmal/ [d̪e.θiˈmal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /desiˈmal/ [d̪e.siˈmal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: de‧ci‧mal

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)

1. decimal

• “decimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

decimal

1. decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

• decimalbråk
• decimalkomma
• decimalsystem

• binär
• oktal
• hexadecimal

decimal c

1. a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)