decimal point
noun
: a period, centered dot, or in some countries a comma at the left of a proper decimal fraction (such as .678) or between the parts of a mixed number (such as 3.678) expressed by a whole number and a decimal fraction
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The computer keeps track of where the decimal points.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
It’s buried more than 15,000 zeroes after a decimal point.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
Granted, with default rates counted to the right of the decimal point, there’s likely some wiggle room in those comparisons without risk of catastrophic error.
—Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The most precise and accurate atomic clock in the world, the ultracold strontium clock at JILA in Boulder, is like a stopwatch that can count the billionths of a nanosecond, or 18 digits past the decimal point.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
It’s buried more than 15,000 zeroes after a decimal point.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
Granted, with default rates counted to the right of the decimal point, there’s likely some wiggle room in those comparisons without risk of catastrophic error.
—Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The most precise and accurate atomic clock in the world, the ultracold strontium clock at JILA in Boulder, is like a stopwatch that can count the billionths of a nanosecond, or 18 digits past the decimal point.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Decimal point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decimal%20point. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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