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单词 decimal system
释义
decimal system
noun[S]
uk
/ˈdes.ɪ.məl ˌsɪs.təm/us
/ˈdes.ɪ.məl ˌsɪs.təm/
asystemofcountingbasedon thenumberten, withnumbersfrom 0 to 9
十进制
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(Definition ofdecimal systemfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • A conspicuous example is the proposed adoption of the decimal system in coinage and weights and measures.
  • A purely decimal system of coins would be an intolerable nuisance, because it would require a greatly increased number of small coins.
  • He wrote textbooks of astronomy, geometry and medicine, and introduced the Arabic numbers and the decimal system into Europe.
  • The great advantage of these numbers is, that they proceed on the decimal system—that is, they denote different values according to their relative places, each character signifying ten times more accordingly as it occupies a place higher.
  • The simple and scientific method of computation by what is called the decimal system, is used at this moment, we are told, by more than half the human race.

Examplesofdecimal system

decimal system
The tenth power of 100, for instance, when it is written in ourdecimalsystem, is a figure with twenty-one digits.
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Then the complications of the scheme have been criticised, and thedecimalsystemhas come in for a little criticism.
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The latter fits much more easily and would bring the full benefits of thedecimalsystem, because it would only involve two places of decimals.
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Whateverdecimalsystemwe finally choose, all—not some—of our coins must be changed so that the current value shall appear on them.
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For the sake of tidiness, it is best to avoid fractional coins in adecimalsystem.
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We must be absolutely certain that no advantage is taken of this, as was taken with thedecimalsystem, to increase prices.
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I shall try to confine my remarks to lasting within ten minutes, which seems an appropriate length of time when discussing adecimalsystem.
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It is as simple as that, if we have a puredecimalsystem.
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One comes to the conclusion that if one wants to keep the £ system, it is not possible to have a puredecimalsystemwith it.
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Thedecimalsystemis in use all over the world, and therefore holds the field, and to stereotype the increased use of the inconvenient cwt.
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Also, perhaps above all, because we have adecimalsystemwhich includes the halfpenny, exact cost comparisons cannot be made.
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Unlike thedecimalsystem, the metric system is not predominant in the world.
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The second argument in favour is the economy that could be obtained in industry and business by working with adecimalsystem.
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How much longer will it be before we have a decision about thedecimalsystem, whether with regard to coinage or weights and measures?
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I have come to the conclusion that it was either a protest against thedecimalsystem, or an uneasy compromise between 70 and 75.
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