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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

If you break the speeds down to a single decimal, 84.6 mph has been the most productive wicket-taking delivery with 193 wickets in total.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

What mattered was mostly the initial integer, or what was “to the left of the decimal point,” rather than anything more exact.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 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

The Dewey decimal doors would open in one hour and forty-five minutes.

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

We’ll write the steps to take when dividing decimals for easy reference.

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

She compares her numbers to the computer’s numbers and punches in a bunch of decimals for our commission.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King




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