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Meaning of "decimal place" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECIMAL PLACE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECIMAL PLACE

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Decimal place is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECIMAL PLACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Significant figures

The significant figures of a number are those digits that carry meaning contributing to its precision. This includes all digits except: ▪ All leading zeros; ▪ Trailing zeros when they are merely placeholders to indicate the scale of the number; and ▪ Spurious digits introduced, for example, by calculations carried out to greater precision than that of the original data, or measurements reported to a greater precision than the equipment supports. Significance arithmetic are approximate rules for roughly maintaining significance throughout a computation. The more sophisticated scientific rules are known as propagation of uncertainty. Numbers are often rounded to avoid reporting insignificant figures. For instance, if a device measures to the nearest gram and gives a reading of 12.345 kg, it would create false precision to express this measurement as 12.34500 kg. Numbers can also be rounded merely for simplicity rather than to indicate a given precision of measurement, for example to make them faster to pronounce in news broadcasts. Arithmetic precision can also be defined with reference to a fixed number of decimal places.

Definition of decimal place in the English dictionary

The definition of decimal place in the dictionary is the position of a digit after the decimal point, each successive position to the right having a denominator of an increased power of ten. Other definition of decimal place is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECIMAL PLACE

decillionth
decimal
decimal classification
decimal currency
decimal fraction
decimal point
decimal system
decimalisation
decimalism
decimalist
decimalization
decimalize
decimally
decimate
decimation
decimator
decime
decimeter
decimetre
decimetric

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECIMAL PLACE

all over the place
another place
between a rock and a hard place
birthplace
commonplace
displace
fireplace
holy place
lace
Laplace
last resting place
marketplace
meeting place
mise en place
no place
place
pride of place
replace
someplace
take place
workplace

Synonyms and antonyms of decimal place in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «decimal place» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECIMAL PLACE

Find out the translation of decimal place to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decimal place from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decimal place» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小数位
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decimal
570 millions of speakers

English

decimal place
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दशमलव स्थान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منزلة عشرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

после запятой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

casa decimal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দশমিক স্থান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décimale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

titik perpuluhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dezimalstelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小数位
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소수점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Panggonan desimal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

số thập phân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தசம இடம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दशांश स्थान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ondalık basamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decimale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miejsca po przecinku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

після коми
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zecimală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεκαδικό ψηφίο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

desimale plek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decimal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

desimal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decimal place

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECIMAL PLACE»

The term «decimal place» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.678 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECIMAL PLACE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decimal place» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decimal place» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decimal place

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECIMAL PLACE»

Discover the use of decimal place in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decimal place and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Mathematics Dictionary
See liouvilll — Liouville number, normal — normal number. decimal place. The position of a digit in a decimal. E.g., in 123.456, 1 is in the hundred's place, 2 is in the ten's place, 3 is in the unit's place, 4 is in the first decimal place, 5 in the ...
R.C. James, 1992
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Whole Numbers, Decimals, Percentages and Fractions Year 7
What's. this. about? Very often we have to approximate Rounding to decimals by rounding off, or nearest: correcting, to a certain number of tenth decimal places, eg for 2.53 the 5 is hundredth in the first decimal place; 3 is in the thousandth ...
Allyn Jones, 1999
3
Decimals -Percent Drills
CHAPTER TOPIC Multiplication Of One Decimal Place Numbers 1 Multiplication Of Up To Two Decimal Place Numbers 2 Horizontal Multiplication Using Decimals Rounded To The Tenth Place 3 Horizontal Multiplication Using Negative ...
Rafael Baltazar
4
Math (from First Grade Thru Algebra) Made Easy
Let's invent a decimal place (.). Then we could say that the first decimal place holder to the left of the (.) decimal (X.) is for one's (finger's) place. The second decimal place holder to the left (Xx.) is for groups of TENS (white rocks). The third  ...
Laurence W. Burnett, Jr., 2009
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Precise Numerical Methods Using C++
The distance on the real number line between any pair of neighboring four decimal-place values, say 52.7777 and 52.7778, is 0.0001 = 10-4. so each four- place number is the best four place approximation for a true value that is less than half ...
Oliver Aberth, 1998
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Mathematics for Machine Technology
If the digit directly following the last decimal place required is less than 5, drop all digits that follow the required number of decimal places. • If the digit directly following the last decimal place required is 5 or larger, add 1 to the last required digit ...
Robert Smith, John Peterson, 2008
7
Fraction and Decimal Smarts!
0 decimal places 1 decimal place \lU't Step 2: Multiply as you would whole 0 decimal places numbers. Find the sum of ><_0._ 1 decimal place the number of decimal 35 1 decimal place places in the factors. \IU1 Step 3: Counting from right to ...
Lucille Caron, Philip M. St. Jacques, 2011
8
Basic Math and Pre-Algebra Workbook For Dummies
Rounding decimals is similar to rounding whole numbers (if you need a refresher , see Chapter 1). Generally speaking, to round a number to a given decimal place , focus on that decimal place and the place to its immediate right; then round as ...
Mark Zegarelli, 2014
9
New National Framework Mathematics
To round to the nearest whole number we look at the digit in the first decimal place. If this digit is 5 or more we round up. Otherwise the whole number is left unchanged. <les 3-7 kg to the nearest whole number is 4 kg. T this digit is bigger than ...
M. J. Tipler, K. M. Vickers, 2002
10
Everyday Mathematics for Caribbean Schools
It is nearer to 6.2 than 6.3: I 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6 25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 3 ( We would say that 6.22 = 6.2 correct to one decimal place. The number 6.28 is marked on the ruler below. It is nearer to 6.3 than 6.2: ' 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6 25 6.26 ...
Clarrie Layne, Susan Llewellyn, Alex Greer, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECIMAL PLACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decimal place is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Finmeccanica S.p.A. announces an invitation to purchase certain …
... to the Sterling Notes) at or around the Pricing Time, expressed as a percentage rounded to the third decimal place (with 0.0005 being rounded upwards). «The Wall Street Transcript, Jul 15»
2
UKDMO UK Regulatory Announcement: Issue of Debt
Interpolated values for the Reference Index for any date should be rounded to the nearest 5th decimal place. Note 5: Subject to the provisions ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
3
Tofino's $1 million water meter mistake
“I, as a graduate engineer, looked at those meters and I couldn't tell you where the decimal place goes,” he said. “It doesn't surprise me at all ... «Westerly News, Jul 15»
4
2014-15 TV Show Season Ratings (week 40)
The demos are typically reported with one decimal place but I've included two for more accurate ranking. Keep in mind that the demo numbers ... «TV Series Finale, Jul 15»
5
How NASA's "Mohawk Guy" Will Search For Life On Europa
I couldn't really get that excited about a decimal-place improvement in a measurement." Moving that decimal place can take a decade. «Fast Company, Jun 15»
6
Apple Music is Paying Just 0.2 US Cents Per Stream
Correction: An eagle-eyed commenter below has spotted that we misplaced a decimal place on our Spotify streaming figures, which we have ... «Gizmodo UK, Jun 15»
7
California celebrates Sweden Day with many a skål
Some of the participants were making comments on each and judging their quaffs to the decimal place. Others were merely going through a first round to see ... «Nordstjernan, Jun 15»
8
ICI Seeks Guidance on Advisers Topping-​Off Shadow NAVs …
00 while the NAV remains stable, rather than wait and experience a loss once the shares begin to trade at their four decimal place-​NAV. «Crane Data LLC, Jun 15»
9
Inflation Returns on Gas
... the graphs calculate percentages from the index and do not round. The actual data from the BLS report does round to one decimal place. «Economic Populist, Jun 15»
10
Rent board announces annual adjustment
... the nearest tenth decimal place. Also, as required by the Charter, the Board scheduled a public hearing to consider imposing a dollar-amount ... «Santa Monica Daily Press, Jun 15»

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