Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By tens; by means of decimals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By tens; by means of decimals.
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- adverb In a
decimal scheme or notation.
Etymologies
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Examples
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That meant almost four of Terra's; they split their day decimally.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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A rule for verifying the marks, of such a length that not more than one fleeting may be necessary, to be graduated decimally according to the standard.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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The vertical and horizontal circles are divided decimally, and this much facilitates the reduction of the readings.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Various
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One of these series simply adopts Italian numerals decimally.
The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Levi Leonard Conant
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Equally as fine gauges can be and are made for the inch as for the metric system, and the inch is decimally divided, but we require another decimal point to express our measurement.
An Analysis of the Lever Escapement H. R. Playtner
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Page 68 an ear of corn had arranged them decimally -- i. e., in squares of ten rows, each row containing ten grains.
With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914
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This fall in a distance of 7 miles will give an inclination to the bottom of the canal of 78-100 of a foot or decimally expressed 0.000156.
The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. II Charles Lee 1908
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For the subdivisions the point of union must be decimally divided, and M. de Saussure would give the name of speso to a ten-thousandth part of the gold coin.
The Task of Social Hygiene Havelock Ellis 1899
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This Act of the United States, moreover, might be followed by the adoption by Great Britain of the Federal decimal divisions of the coin, and thus a most important advance might be secured towards an international coinage, with values decimally expressed.
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The Chippewas count decimally, and after ten, add the names of the digits to the word ten, up to twenty; then take the word for twenty, and add them as before, to thirty; and so on to a hundred.
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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