Meaning

3 senses
  1. A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others.

    Punkt, Dezimalpunkt

    десяти́чная то́чкаdesjatíčnaja tóčka

    десятко́ва кра́пкаdesjatkóva krápka

  2. (broadly)Any decimal mark (decimal separator), inclusive of commas, separatrices, etc.

    Komma, Dezimalkomma

    запята́яzapjatája, десяти́чная запята́яdesjatíčnaja zapjatája

    десятко́ва ко́маdesjatkóva kóma

  3. (broadly, proscribed)A decimal place.

    the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The decimal point in this number is in the wrong place.

    ruВ этом числе десятичная точка не на месте. — sharptoothed

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  2. In English, we use a decimal point instead of a comma.

    deIm Englischen verwendet man statt eines Kommas einen Punkt als Dezimaltrennzeichen. — Waldelfe

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the point used in English mathematics:
the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue:
Русский
By meaning 2
the point used in English mathematics:
the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the point used in English mathematics:
the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue:

Forms

plural: decimal points
Singulardecimal point
Pluraldecimal points

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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