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Noun [English]

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  1. (orthography, typography) 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. Hypernyms: decimal mark, <, radix point, <, point#Noun, mark#Noun, character#Noun, separator#Noun Coordinate_terms: decimal comma, separatrix Translations (the point used in English mathematics): فَاصِل عَشْرِيّ (fāṣil ʕašriyy) [masculine] (Arabic), десетична точна (desetična točna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဒသမ (da.sa.ma.) (Burmese), 小數點 /小数点 (xiǎoshùdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), desetinná tečka [feminine] (Czech), desimaalipiste (Finnish), point [masculine] (French), point décimal [masculine] (French), Punkt [masculine] (German), Dezimalpunkt [masculine] (German), τελεία (teleía) [feminine] (Greek), दशमलव (daśamlav) [masculine] (Hindi), tizedespont (Hungarian), pointe deachúlach [masculine] (Irish), punto (Italian), 小数点 (shōsūten) (alt: しょうすうてん) (Japanese), 소수점 (sosujeom) (alt: 小數點) (Korean), separator dziesiętny [masculine] (Polish), ponto [masculine] (Portuguese), punct zecimal [neuter] (Romanian), virgulă zecimală [feminine] (Romanian), десяти́чная то́чка (desjatíčnaja tóčka) [feminine] (Russian), punto decimal [masculine] (Spanish), coma decimal [feminine] (Spanish), decimalpunkt [common-gender] (Swedish), tuldok-sampuan (Tagalog), sampuing tuldok (Tagalog), десятко́ва кра́пка (desjatkóva krápka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-decimal_point-en-noun-en:period_dot_or_middot_form_of_Q427968 Categories (other): Orthography, Typography Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, typography, writing Disambiguation of 'the point used in English mathematics': 64 20 17
  2. (orthography, typography, loosely) Any decimal mark (decimal separator), inclusive of commas, separatrices, etc. Wikidata QID: Q427968 Tags: broadly Synonyms: decimal mark Hypernyms: radix point, <, point#Noun, mark#Noun, character#Noun, separator#Noun Translations (the decimal mark symbol, characteristic to the native tongue): десетична запетая (desetična zapetaja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), desetinná čárka [feminine] (Czech), desimaalipilkku (Finnish), virgule [feminine] (French), Komma [neuter] (German), Dezimalkomma [neuter] (German), υποδιαστολή (ypodiastolí) [feminine] (Greek), tizedesvessző (Hungarian), virgola [feminine] (Italian), separator dziesiętny [masculine] (Polish), vírgula [feminine] (Portuguese), запята́я (zapjatája) [feminine] (Russian), десяти́чная запята́я (desjatíčnaja zapjatája) [feminine] (Russian), decimalkomma (Swedish), десятко́ва ко́ма (desjatkóva kóma) (Ukrainian)
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  3. (arithmetic, loosely, proscribed) A decimal place. Wikidata QID: Q19685717 Tags: broadly, proscribed
    Sense id: en-decimal_point-en-noun-en:Q19685717 Categories (other): Arithmetic Topics: arithmetic

Inflected forms

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