Decimal
Decimal noun - A number in the decimal system.
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Synonyms for Decimal
Notation and decimal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Notation" instead a noun "Decimal".
Notation
Notation noun - A usually brief written reminder.
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Synonyms for Notation
Decimal and notation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decimal" instead a noun "Notation".
Nearby Word: note
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- The term "decimal" was the name of the base-ten number system for hundreds of years before the invention in the 17th century of the point-fraction notation with which it's most usually associated.
Source: Older Than They Think / Other - This works like scientific notation; one bit is used to store the sign, some number of bits (called the mantissa) are used to store the number to the right of the decimal point, and the remaining bits (called the exponent) are, predictably, used to store the power of 2 to multiply by.
- This doesn't happen nearly as often in real life among mathematicians and scientists, since decimal notation is usually not the easiest way to write something.
Source: Misplaced a Decimal Point
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