Decimal

Decimal is the base-10 notational system for representing real numbers. The expression of a number using the decimal system is called its decimal expansion, examples of which include 1, 13, 2028, 12.1, and 3.14159.

Each of the arabic numerals 0 to 9 is called a decimal digit, and the period placed to the right of the units place in a decimal number is called the decimal point (or, in the case that a comma is instead used for this purpose as is the case in continental Europe, the decimal comma).

 

10, Base, Binary, Decimal Comma, Decimal Expansion, Decimal Point, Digit, Hexadecimal, Negadecimal, Octal




References

Pappas, T. "The Evolution of Base Ten." The Joy of Mathematics. San Carlos, CA: Wide World Publ./Tetra, pp. 2-3, 1989.

Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, pp. 78-80, 1986.

Wolfram, S. A New Kind of Science. Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, p. 1168, 2002.