DECIMAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decimal system mean? 

• DECIMAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun DECIMAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten

  Familiarity information: DECIMAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECIMAL SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

decimal number system; decimal numeration system; decimal system

Hypernyms ("decimal system" is a kind of...):

positional notation; positional representation system (a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decimal system"):

algorism (the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration)

 Context examples 

An international decimal system of weights and measures, in which the basic units are the meter for length, the gram for weight, and the liter for volume.

(Metric System, NCI Thesaurus)

The International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI) is a decimal system of weights and measures derived from and extending the metric system of units established through the Treaty of the Meter (Convention du Metre) signed in Paris in 1875 and currently signed by 48 nations including all the major industrialized countries.

(International System of Units, NCI Thesaurus)