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Definition of Decimal point
1. Noun. The dot at the left of a decimal fraction.
Definition of Decimal point
1. Noun. (arithmetic) A point (.) used to separate the fractional part of a decimal from the whole part. ¹
2. Noun. (arithmetic) A decimal mark, any symbol used to separate the fractional part of a decimal from the whole part. ¹
3. Noun. (proscribed) A decimal place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decimal Point
Literary usage of Decimal point
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"THE decimal point STUDENTS of the history of science are continually impressed
by the fact that we are truly in scientific achievements the heirs of ..."
2. The Academician,: Containing the Elements of Scholastic Science, and the by Albert Picket, John W. Picket (1820)
"Since the decimal point separates the collections of whole units from the decimal
parts, ... On the contrary, by moving the decimal point towards the left, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"These examples ú-iow that Napier was in possession of all the conventions and
attri- bate» that enable the decimal point to complete so symmetrically ear ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Тс Napier seems to be due the first use of the decimal point in ... The decimal
point i- however, used systematically in the Construct™ (1619). there ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"It should also be cherished for the invention of the decimal point are requested
to be so good as ahi-ays to mark clearly the prices of books sent for ..."
6. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1876)
"THE EARLY USE OF TIIE decimal point. Mr. JWL Glaisher, in some remarks on the
history of the introduction of the decimal point into arithmetic, ..."
7. The New Methods in Arithmetic by Edward Lee Thorndike (1921)
"TWO METHODS FOR PLACING THE decimal point Examine these two rules: A Make a mark in
... Place the decimal point in the quotient directly above this mark. ..."
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