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Definition of Decimal fraction
1. Noun. A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10.
Generic synonyms: Proper Fraction
Specialized synonyms: Circulating Decimal, Recurring Decimal, Repeating Decimal
Derivative terms: Decimalise, Decimalize
Definition of Decimal fraction
1. Noun. (arithmetic) The fractional part of a decimal number: the digits to the right of the decimal point. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decimal Fraction
Literary usage of Decimal fraction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch (1826)
"decimal fraction is a fraction whose denominator is always an unit with some number
... In setting down a decimal fraction, the numerator must consist of as ..."
2. American Journal of Education (1862)
"To reduce, a vulgar fraction to a decimal fraction.—When the denominator of an
irreducible fraction contains other factors than 2 and 5, the fraction cannot ..."
3. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"To reduce a vulgar fraction to a decimal fraction.—When the denominator of an
irreducible fraction contains other factors than 2 and 5, the fraction cannot ..."
4. The elements of arithmetic by Augustus De Morgan (1830)
"A whole number may be reduced to a decimal fraction, or one decimal fraction to
another, with the greatest ease. For example, 94 is *•&?, or "i«,". or Vo^0 ..."
5. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"A decimal fraction is a fraction whose denominator is always a unit with some
... In setting down a decimal fraction the numerator must consist of as many ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... i decimal fraction; or we might define a decimal fraction ts i fraction having
a power of ю for its denominator, ..."
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