Any fraction shown as a decimal.
Example: The decimal fraction of 1/4 is 0.25
See also: fraction, decimal
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(from the article `Stevin, Simon`) In 1585 Stevin published a small pamphlet, La Thiende (`The Tenth`), in which he presented an elementary and thorough account of decimal fractions ... Simon Stevin of Holland, in his short pamphlet La Disme (1585), introduced decimal fractions to Europe and showed how to extend the principles...
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A number consisting of an integer part, which may be zero, and a decimal part less than unity that follows the decimal marker (which may be a point or a comma). A finite or terminating decimal fraction has a sequence of decimals with a definite break-off point after which all the places are zeros. O...
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[
n] - a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
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decimal noun a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
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In mathematics, fraction in which the denominator is any higher power of 10. Thus 3/10, 51/100, and 23/1,000 are decimal fractions and are normally expressed as 0.3, 0.51, and 0.023. The use of decimals greatly simplifies addition and multiplication of fractions, though not all fractions can be expressed exactly as decimal fractions. Th...
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a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dotwritten before the numerator: as 0.4 = ; 0.126 = . Cf. common fraction, nonterminating decimal, terminating decimal.
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