DECIMAL


Meaning of DECIMAL in English

— decimally , adv.

/des"euh meuhl, des"meuhl/ , adj.

1. pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.

2. proceeding by tens: a decimal system.

n.

3. See decimal fraction .

[ 1600-10; decimalis of tenths, equiv. to L decim ( a ) tenth (deriv. of decem TEN) + -alis -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .