# decimal
## Translingual

* Signal flag for the decimal point

### Alternative forms

* Decimal, DECIMAL

### Etymology

Borrowed from English decimal, as in decimal point.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdeˈsiˈmal]

### Noun

decimal
* (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for decimal point.

#### Coordinate terms

* stop
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes :
| Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
| November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu |
| zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) | hundred | thousand | decimal |

### References

* ↑ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎, 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2001 October, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

decimal (not comparable)
* (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

#### Synonyms

* base-ten, denary (rare)

#### Derived terms

* decimal mark
* decimal reduction time
* decimal time

#### Translations
### Noun

decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals)
* (countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.
    What is $^7$⁄$_{23}$ as a decimal?
* (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself.
* (informal) A decimal place.
    Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.
* (informal) A decimal point.
* Alternative spelling of dismil

#### Synonyms

* (number): See decimal number
* (system): See decimal system
* (place): See decimal place

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “fractional number”): See fraction

#### Hyponyms

* binary-coded decimal

#### Related terms

* decim
* decimate

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Verb

decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling or decimalling, simple past and past participle decimaled or decimalled)
* To represent with numbers after a decimal point.
** 1984, Robert William Dent, Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616: An Index‎: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."
** 2001, Richard J. Harris, A Primer of Multivariate Statistics‎, page 54:simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables
** 2015, Brad Knickerbocker, It’s Pi Day! Let’s have some pie., Christian Science Monitor:So naturally, 3/14 – the 14th of March – is celebrated as “Pi Day.” And since 3.14 is the beginning, not the end of Pi – it can be decimaled on out to infinity – and since the next two numbers are 1 and 5 voila! today’s date 3/14/15 is really special.

#### Derived terms

* binary decimal
* decimal arithmetic
* decimal candle
* decimal dozen
* decimaled
* decimal fraction
* decimalic
* decimalise
* decimalism
* decimalist
* decimalite
* decimalization
* decimalize
* decimally
* decimal without a zero
* dotted decimal
* hexatrigesimal
* heximal
* negadecimal
* nondecimal
* packed decimal
* pentadecimal
* postdecimal
* pre-decimal
* repeating decimal
* sedecimal
* septendecimal
* sexadecimal
* subdecimal
* tetradecimal
* tridecimal

### See also

* base
* binary
* octal
* undecimal
* duodecimal
* hexadecimal
* vigesimal
* sexagesimal
* transdecimal

### References

* decimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* camelid, claimed, declaim, maliced, medical

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.siˈmal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.siˈmal]

### Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimals)
* (arithmetic, computing) decimal

### Further reading

* “decimal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛθiˈmal/ [d̪ɛ.θiˈmɑɫ]
* IPA: (standard) /dɛθiˈmal/ [d̪ɛ.θiˈmɑɫ]
* IPA: (seseo) /dɛsiˈmal/ [d̪ɛ.siˈmɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

### Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais)
* (arithmetic, computing) decimal

### Further reading

* “decimal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /det͡ʃiˈmal/

### Adjective

decimal
* (arithmetic, computing) decimal

#### Related terms

* décim

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.siˈmaw/ [de.siˈmaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɛ.siˈmal/ [dɛ.siˈmaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɛ.siˈmal/ [dɛ.siˈmaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɛ.siˈma.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

### Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais)
* (arithmetic, computing) decimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)

### Noun

decimal m (plural decimais)
* (countable) decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)

### Further reading

* “decimal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French décimal.

### Adjective

decimal m or n (feminine singular decimală, masculine plural decimali, feminine and neuter plural decimale)
* Alternative form of zecimal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* decimal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /deθiˈmal/ [d̪e.θiˈmal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /desiˈmal/ [d̪e.siˈmal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: de‧ci‧mal

### Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)
* decimal

#### Derived terms

* coma decimal
* número decimal
* punto decimal

#### Related terms

* décimo

### Further reading

* “decimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

decimal
* decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Related terms

* decimalbråk
* decimalkomma
* decimalsystem

#### See also

* binär
* oktal
* hexadecimal

### Noun

decimal c
* a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)