English
Noun
en-noun|sg=decimal point
- arithmetic A symbol ( . ) used to separate the fractional part of a decimal from the whole part.
- proscribed A decimal place.
Usage notes
sense|proscribed, a decimal place The use of decimal point to mean "a digit in the fractional part of a decimal" is incorrect. Decimal numbers can have any number of decimal places, but have only one decimal point.
Translations
Note: in some countries, especially those in continental Europe, the symbol used is a comma, and so the word used in the languages spoken in these countries is often the same as or derived from the word for "comma".
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French: point#French|point m (the dot used in English mathematics), virgule f (the symbol used in French mathematics)
German: Punkt m (the dot used in English mathematics), Komma n (the symbol used in German mathematics)
Italian: punto#Italian|punto m (the dot used in English mathematics), virgola f (the symbol used in Italian mathematics)
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Portuguese: ponto m (the dot used in English mathematics), vÃrgula f (the symbol used in Portuguese mathematics)
Swedish: decimalpunkt c (the dot used in English mathematics), decimalkomma (the symbol used in Swedish mathematics)
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decimal place
See decimal place
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