decimal

decimal is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.
2. noun. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
3. noun. a number in the decimal system
4. noun. a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
5. adjective. numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten

   "the decimal system"

   Synonyms: denary

Synonyms

denary

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in decimal:

camelid, claimed, declaim, medical

Common word forms

decimals, decimally, decimalise, decimalize

Words from these letters

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