decimal
Example Sentences
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Sharp, who worked at the Greenwich Royal Observatory and has a crater on the moon named after him, was also a mathematician who calculated pi to 72 decimal places.
From BBC
“My usual rule of thumb is, move the decimal point one place to the left,” Matheson said.
From Los Angeles Times
“I thought the opposite of that was the last five minutes of math class, when the teacher’s going on and on and on about decimals,” she said.
From Literature
By 25 minutes in, Wales had a decimal point of hope.
From BBC
Readers see little of Ruth’s writing, but know her business transactions down to the last decimal point.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
