DECIMAL in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of DECIMAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
decimal
 a.  on or counted in tens or tenths; based on ten
 n.  a number like .2, .48, .05, etc
Classic Sentence:
1  The Revolution came; events succeeded each other with precipitation; the parliamentary families, decimated, pursued, hunted down, were dispersed.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—M. MYRIEL
2  The disaster of the hollow road had decimated, but not discouraged them.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
3  They did not notice the cholera which decimated Paris precisely during that very month.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER II—THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS
Example Sentence:
1  The decimal system is known by anyone who learned math.
2  One can enter a number in decimal, have it converted to binary to be stored.
3  A pocket calculator only works to eight decimal places.
4  The first twofigures after the decimal point indicate tenths and hundredthsrespectively.
5  The population was decimated by a plague.
6  We do more to decimate our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.