(also decimal fraction)
[countable] a fraction (= a number less than one) that is shown as a point followed by the number of tenths, hundredths, etc.小数- The decimal 0.61 stands for 61 hundredths.小数 0.61 代表 61%。🔊🔊
see also recurring decimal, repeating decimal compare vulgar fractionTopics Maths and measurementc1 - [uncountable] the system of numbers that counts in tens or tenths十进位的；小数的
- The computer converts the data from decimal to binary.计算机将数据从十进制转换为二进制。
compare binary, hexadecimal Word Originearly 17th cent.: from modern Latin decimalis (adjective), from Latin decimus ‘tenth’.