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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10;
[syn: decimal fraction, decimal]

2. a number in the decimal system;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten;
- Example: "the decimal system"
[syn: decimal, denary]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr. L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.] 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. [1913 Webster] Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds by tens. Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is some power of 10, as 2/10, [frac25x100], and is usually not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25. Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent units or whole numbers, as 1.05. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. [1913 Webster] Circulating decimal, or Circulatory decimal, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decimal adj 1: numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal system" [syn: decimal, denary] n 1: a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 [syn: decimal fraction, decimal] 2: a number in the decimal system
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "decimal": algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, cardinal, decagonal, decahedral, decasyllabic, decuple, denary, differential, digital, even, exponential, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, fractional, imaginary, impair, impossible, infinite, integral, irrational, logarithmic, logometric, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, ordinal, pair, positive, possible, prime, radical, rational, real, reciprocal, submultiple, surd, tenfold, tenth, tithe, transcendental