Decimal and Tenth

Decimal

Decimal noun - A number in the decimal system.
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Tenth and decimal are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Tenth" with "Decimal", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: decimate, decimation, decimalization, decimally

Tenth

Tenth noun - Position ten in a countable series of things.
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Decimal and tenth are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Decimal" with "Tenth", this nouns are similar.

Both words in one sentence

  • Supposedly, the myth of Atlantis got started because Plato did the equivalent of misplacing a decimal point in his memoirs — if he had recorded the east-west distance as exactly one-tenth of what he described, it would point directly to Crete.
  • Creator / Mark Millar Someone will be ten times smarter than someone else or something will be calculated to the tenth decimal point or will be miscalculated by misplacing the decimal.
  • When using the Gold–Silver–Copper Standard, expect the coins to use a decimal system — a coin will be worth ten times the denomination below it and one tenth the denomination above it, so that 1 gold = 10 silver = 100 copper (though occasionally units of 100 are used instead of 10).
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