Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Decimal

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Decimal


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(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

(2):

(n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.