Defn: A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. Circulating, or Circulatory, decimal, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; — called also recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend.
DECIMALISM
Dec"i*mal*ism, n.
Defn: The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.
DECIMALIZE
Dec"i*mal*ize, v. t.
Defn: To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.
— Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion, n.
DECIMALLY
Dec"i*mal*ly, adv.
Defn: By tens; by means of decimals.
DECIMATE
Dec"i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decimated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decimating.] Etym: [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in
senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See Decimal.]
1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson.
2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. Macaulay.