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Decimal system

noun

A positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten. Synonyms: decimal number system, decimal numeration system.

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... dictate and write from dictation with much less trouble when that system or some similar one is adopted. I have little doubt that our nomenclature is a serious though unsuspected hindrance to the ready adoption by the public of a decimal system of weights and measures. Three quarters of the ...

— Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development • Francis Galton

Words linked to "Decimal system" : decimal number system, positional notation, decimal system of classification, positional representation system, algorism