decimal

UK /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/ US /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/
noun 5adj 1verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

noun

1

A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

What is ⁷⁄₂₃ as a decimal?

2

The decimal system itself.

3

A decimal place.

Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.

4

A decimal point.

5

Alternative spelling of dismil.

verb

1

To represent with numbers after a decimal point.

Single- decimaled entries, often originating in Whiting (Wh) or Wilson (OW; see p. 23, fn.3), are from SPL. To save space, examples cited in SPL are normally not repeated (examples therefore begin with "Add:"). Double- decimaled entries, again often based on Wh or OW, are "new."

simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables

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