decimal system
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- noun
- /ˈdɛsɪməl ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
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sistema decimal
- In elementary school, we learn that the decimal system uses digits from 0 to 9 to represent numbers.
- the Dewey decimal system
Yeah, which is because of the decimal system, etcetera.
- Yeah, which is because of the decimal system, etcetera.
Examples
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Well, having a decimal system, it makes sense to use tens and their multiples.
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Only if you calculate in the decimal system.
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This is actually much simpler than our base 10 decimal system.
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Therefore, you can owe it to Congress that America was one of the first countries with the monetary decimal system.
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The introduction of the decimal system and the zero from India stimulated the development of mathematical sciences.
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I think non fiction books use the Dewey Decimal system, but fiction books just use alphabetical order of the author.
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The reason that they used 20 days for a month is largely based upon their vigesimal numeric system, which is a base twenty system as opposed to our base ten decimal system.
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The decimal system simplifies calculations since each place value is ten times greater than the one before it.
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When using the decimal system, the number 345 is interpreted as 3 hundreds, 4 tens, and 5 ones.
Synonyms
A way to write numbers using ten digits from zero to nine
A number system using digits 0 to 9 that counts in tens
A system for writing numbers with the digits 0 to 9
How Complex
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — a numbering method based on ten — is directly and transparently derivable from 'decimal' (based on ten) plus 'system' (an organized set of rules). This compositional noun phrase follows regular formation patterns and has clear cross‑linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The term decimal system may come from our ten fingers, because the word decimal is about 'ten' and people long ago used their fingers to count and group numbers in 'tens'. That's why the decimal system means a number system where each place is ten times the one to its right.