Noun: decimal
| Singular | decimal |
| Plural | decimals |
Sample Sentences
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What is ⁷⁄₂₃ as a decimal?
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Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.
Nouns inflected like decimal
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis. See: Latin Nouns '
decimus'.