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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A number system based on units of 10.
- noun A system of measurement in which all derived units are multiples of 10 of the fundamental units.
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- noun mathematics A numerical system of counting in tens using
decimal digits.
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- noun a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten
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