subdecimal
adjEtymology From sub- + decimal.
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Mathematics, Sciences That results from a division by ten or by a multiple of ten)
- When we examine the units to note how many are founded upon natural magnitudes, we recognize that the second is not a subdecimal part of the solar day, but only the 36400 of that natural unit.1888, Proceedings of the Physical Society, volumes 9-10, page 56:
- The detection of decimal points involves three purposes: First, recognition is concerned with the integer part alone, and subdecimal digits are not recognized in most cases.1994, Horst Bunke, Patrick S. P. Wang, Henry S. Baird, Document Image Analysis, page 168:
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- The fact that nearly all Central American languages have a vigesimal numeral system (partly beside a subdecimal system of counting) seems to suggest that the vigesimal system only spread in recent times, […]1997, Stefan Liedtke, The Languages of the 'First Nations' (page 119)