Definition of Decimal fraction

1. Noun. A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10.

Exact synonyms: Decimal
Generic synonyms: Proper Fraction
Specialized synonyms: Circulating Decimal, Recurring Decimal, Repeating Decimal
Derivative terms: Decimalise, Decimalize

Definition of Decimal fraction

1. Noun. (arithmetic) The fractional part of a decimal number: the digits to the right of the decimal point. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decimal Fraction

decikatals
decile
deciles
deciliter
deciliters
decilitre
decilitres
decillion
decillions
decillionth
decillionths
decimal
decimal arithmetic
decimal digit
decimal dozen
decimal fraction
decimal fractions
decimal notation
decimal number
decimal number system
decimal numbers
decimal numeration system
decimal place
decimal places
decimal point
decimal points
decimal system
decimal without a zero
decimalisation

Literary usage of Decimal fraction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch (1826)
"decimal fraction is a fraction whose denominator is always an unit with some number ... In setting down a decimal fraction, the numerator must consist of as ..."

2. American Journal of Education (1862)
"To reduce, a vulgar fraction to a decimal fraction.—When the denominator of an irreducible fraction contains other factors than 2 and 5, the fraction cannot ..."

3. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"To reduce a vulgar fraction to a decimal fraction.—When the denominator of an irreducible fraction contains other factors than 2 and 5, the fraction cannot ..."

4. The elements of arithmetic by Augustus De Morgan (1830)
"A whole number may be reduced to a decimal fraction, or one decimal fraction to another, with the greatest ease. For example, 94 is *•&?, or "i«,". or Vo^0 ..."

5. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"A decimal fraction is a fraction whose denominator is always a unit with some ... In setting down a decimal fraction the numerator must consist of as many ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... i decimal fraction; or we might define a decimal fraction ts i fraction having a power of ю for its denominator, ..."

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