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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decimal mark, radix point, point, mark, character, separator
Any decimal mark (decimal separator), inclusive of commas, separatrices, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, typography, writing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decimal mark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radix point, point, mark, character, separator
A decimal place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, proscribed
Topics: arithmetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: percentage point, point
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mathematical notation
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فَاصِل عَشْرِيّ
(fāṣil ʕašriyy)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Bulgarian:
десетична точна
(desetična točna)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Burmese:
ဒသမ
(da.sa.ma.)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Chinese Mandarin:
小數點 /小数点
(xiǎoshùdiǎn)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Czech:
desetinná tečka
— the point used in English mathematics
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Finnish:
desimaalipiste
— the point used in English mathematics
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French:
point
— the point used in English mathematics
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French:
point décimal
— the point used in English mathematics
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German:
Punkt
— the point used in English mathematics
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German:
Dezimalpunkt
— the point used in English mathematics
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Greek:
τελεία
(teleía)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Hindi:
दशमलव
(daśamlav)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Hungarian:
tizedespont
— the point used in English mathematics
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Irish:
pointe deachúlach
— the point used in English mathematics
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Italian:
punto
— the point used in English mathematics
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Japanese:
小数点
(shōsūten)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Korean:
소수점
(sosujeom)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Polish:
separator dziesiętny
— the point used in English mathematics
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Portuguese:
ponto
— the point used in English mathematics
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Romanian:
punct zecimal
— the point used in English mathematics
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Romanian:
virgulă zecimală
— the point used in English mathematics
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Russian:
десяти́чная то́чка
(desjatíčnaja tóčka)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Spanish:
punto decimal
— the point used in English mathematics
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Spanish:
coma decimal
— the point used in English mathematics
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Swedish:
decimalpunkt
— the point used in English mathematics
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Tagalog:
tuldok-sampuan
— the point used in English mathematics
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Tagalog:
sampuing tuldok
— the point used in English mathematics
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Thai:
จุดทศนิยม
— the point used in English mathematics
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Ukrainian:
десятко́ва кра́пка
(desjatkóva krápka)
— the point used in English mathematics
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Bulgarian:
десетична запетая
(desetična zapetaja)
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Czech:
desetinná čárka
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Finnish:
desimaalipilkku
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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French:
virgule
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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German:
Komma
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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German:
Dezimalkomma
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Greek:
υποδιαστολή
(ypodiastolí)
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Hungarian:
tizedesvessző
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Italian:
virgola
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Polish:
separator dziesiętny
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Portuguese:
vírgula
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Russian:
запята́я
(zapjatája)
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Russian:
десяти́чная запята́я
(desjatíčnaja zapjatája)
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Swedish:
decimalkomma
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
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Ukrainian:
десятко́ва ко́ма
(desjatkóva kóma)
— the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue
