"decimal mark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decimal marks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} decimal mark (plural decimal marks)
  1. The mark that separates the decimal or fractional part of a number from the integer part. Wikidata QID: Q427968 Synonyms: decimal point[Appendix:Glossary Hypernyms: radix point, point, mark, character, separator Coordinate_terms: binary point
    Sense id: en-decimal_mark-en-noun-en:Q427968 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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