decimal

• adj. 小數的；十進位的
• n. 小數

來自decim-, 十分之一。用於數學名詞。

decimal

decimal: [17] Decimal comes from decimālis, a medieval Latin coinage based on decimus ‘tenth’, the ordinal derivative of Latin decem ‘ten’ (a relative of English ten). Other descendants of decem include December, decimate, dime, and the prefix deci-, while its Greek cousin déka has given us decade [15] and the prefix deca-.
=> decade, december, decimate, dime, ten, tithe

decimal (adj.)

c. 1600, from Medeival Latin decimalis "of tithes or tenths," from Latin decimus "tenth," from decem "ten" (see ten). Applied to Arabic notation before modern sense of "decimal fractions" emerged. As a noun from 1640s.

1. In 1971, the 1p and 2p decimal coins were introduced in Britain.

英國於1971年開始使用十進製的1便士和2便士硬幣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A pocket calculator only works to eight decimal places.

袖珍計算器隻能計算到小數點後8位數。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The decimal 0.61 stands for 61 hundredths.

小數0.61代表61%。

來自《權威詞典》

4. The figure is accurate to two decimal places .

這個數精確到小數點後兩位。

來自《權威詞典》

5. Britain converted to decimal currency on February 15 th, 1971.

英國於1971年2月15日改用十進位幣製.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》