单词 | decimal place |
释义 | > as lemmasdecimal place decimal place n. (chiefly with preceding cardinal or ordinal number) the relative position of a digit situated to the right of a decimal point; cf. place n.1 16.The position of each digit is enumerated from the decimal point, the one immediately to the right being the first decimal place, the next the second decimal place, and so on. ΚΠ 1675 I. Newton Let. 27 Aug. in Corr. (1959) I. 351 The third part of the Quotient shall be the root cubical of A: to 11 Decimal places. a1739 N. Saunderson Elements Algebra (1740) I. Introd. 44 Put as many cyphers after the numerator, as are equal in number, to the number of decimal places whereof you intend your reduced fraction to consist. 1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. v. 61 The number expressing the circumference of the circle has been determined to 140 decimal places. 1948 F. J. Murray Theory Math. Machines (ed. 2) i. 3 Another method of indicating the digit which appears in a decimal place in a counter is by means of a multiposition switch. 2008 M. Gerstein Flirting with Disaster viii. 171 Even though his new starting point was different in only the fourth decimal place, the model did not..reproduce the earlier results with only minor changes. < as lemmas |
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