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decimal

[des-uh-muhl, des-muhl] / ˈdɛs ə məl, ˈdɛs məl /




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It frees a student from memorizing all formulas, such as pi to the fourth decimal, but not from knowing whether an answer is right, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

It reminds me of the joke that you know an economist has a sense of humor if he uses decimal points.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

According to Fodor, the new work confirms the Standard Model to 11 decimal places and significantly narrows the chances that unknown physics is hiding in this particular measurement.

From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026

Readers see little of Ruth’s writing, but know her business transactions down to the last decimal point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Peckleman wasn’t nearly as good with the Dewey decimal system as he had claimed to be.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

Despite leaving school at a young age and initially finding terms like "decimals" and "algebra" intimidating, Mr Elsom is said to have quite a talent for working with figures.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

The leaders of those and other rate stats — expressed with decimals — are now sprinkled with Negro League standouts.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

Eventually she leads us toward more abstract concepts such as the polar coordinate system, a graphical approach to defining a point using distance and angle, as well as irrational numbers and decimals that repeat infinitely.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

How does knowing about U.S. money help you learn about decimals?

From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020

No one wanted to “leap ahead” with more decimals, so the room was quiet.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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