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Decimal

Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

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Quantitative 84% connected

Relating to quantity.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Quantitative 84% connected

Relating to quantity.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decimalize 74% connected

To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Decimalize 74% connected

To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.

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Denary 92% connected

Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acceptance sampling noun · 86% connection

a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of def…

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Duodecimal adjective · 86% connection

based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system"

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Numeric adjective · 86% connection

measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy"

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Numerical adjective · 86% connection

measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy"

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Sample noun · 86% connection

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

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Sample distribution noun · 86% connection

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

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Sampling noun · 86% connection

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

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Valued adjective · 86% connection

(usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind; "triple-valued"

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Vicenary adjective · 86% connection

of or relating to or based on 20

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Descriptive anthropology noun · 85% connection

the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies

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Ethnography noun · 85% connection

the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies

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Interview verb · 85% connection

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

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Question verb · 85% connection

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

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Sight noun · 85% connection

the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

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Survey noun · 85% connection

the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

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View noun · 85% connection

the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

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Interquartile range noun · 85% connection

a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles.; "From the set of data above…

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Linear regression noun · 85% connection

the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b

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Abacus noun · 78% connection

A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves…

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Absorptance noun · 78% connection

a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…

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Absorption coefficient noun · 78% connection

a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…

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Ampere noun · 78% connection

The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…

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Ancient adjective · 78% connection

Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied…

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Baron noun · 78% connection

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and G…

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C. G. S. unknown · 78% connection

An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…

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Calorie noun · 78% connection

The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, on…

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Cipher noun · 78% connection

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value…

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Cirrhosis noun · 78% connection

A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied…

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Coefficient of absorption noun · 78% connection

a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…

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Decadal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.

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