decimal

adj

1. (not-comparable)Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

noun

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

   “What is ⁷⁄₂₃ as a decimal?”

2. (informal, uncountable)The decimal system itself.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable)A decimal place.

   “Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.”

4. (countable, informal, uncountable)A decimal point.
5. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)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”

   “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.”