Synonyms for decimal point


Grammar : Noun


Définition of decimal point

  • As in full stop : noun complete stop
Example sentences :
  • One was really beautiful, allowing a decimal point off her nose.
  • Extract from : « From Edinburgh to India & Burmah » by William G. Burn Murdoch
  • In such cases the added figure is treated as a decimal in the arrangement, though the decimal point is not written.
  • Extract from : « A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library [Dewey Decimal Classification] » by Melvil Dewey
  • "Printer's error in the decimal point," returned the other, with airy impudence.
  • Extract from : « The Clarion » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • The decimal point (or comma) was first used by the inventor of logarithms, John Napier, as early as 1616 and 1617.
  • Extract from : « William Oughtred » by Florian Cajori
  • Except for the omission of the decimal point, these logarithms are natural logarithms—the first of their kind ever published.
  • Extract from : « William Oughtred » by Florian Cajori
  • Ecks responded with a cartoon of "Miss Meekness, making a slip of the decimal point."
  • Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
  • Even the decimal point of which we used to be so afraid may actually help the eye to keep its place in adding.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Arithmetic » by Edward L. Thorndike
  • This system of ignoring the decimal point in dealing with differences will be adopted throughout this article.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The decimal point more places to the right would in 2000 not be out of line.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 » by John Lothrop Motley
  • Why perplex the young pupils with the difficulties of placing the decimal point?
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Arithmetic » by Edward L. Thorndike

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