1. Adjective
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.
2. Noun
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
3. Noun
a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics
4. Adjective
numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal system"
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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