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decimal
Meaning: relating to a number system based on units of ten
decimal in a sentence
How decimal is used in real sentences:
The recipe listed each ingredient using decimal measurements instead of fractions.
Because the ancient tally sticks used a decimal notation, historians believe early traders counted in groups of ten.
“They measured each strip with the decimal marks on a meter ruler.”
— from the passage Stitches Before Saturday
Synonyms for decimal
Other words for decimal — denary and tenth-based — carry the same meaning.
- denary
- tenth-based
Where it comes from
From Latin decimus 'tenth'
Word parts
- dec — ten
decimal: dec (ten) + -imal (relating to)
Memory hook
DECI (ten) + MAL — a system built on tens, like a decade.