"decimal time" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A system of timekeeping in which time is decimalized. For example, a day is divided into 10 decimal hours, each decimal hour into 100 decimal minutes, and each decimal minute into 100 decimal seconds. Wikipedia link: decimal time Tags: uncountable
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