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Numerical symbol
A decimal separator is a symbol that separates the integer part from the fractional part of a number written in decimal form. Different countries officially
Decimal_separator
Number in base-10 numeral system
Non-integral decimals may be identified by a decimal separator (usually "." or "," as in 25.9703 or 3.1415). In English, the word decimal often refers
Decimal
Punctuation to signal the end of a sentence (.)
world, a punctuation mark identical to the full stop is used as the decimal separator and for other purposes, and may be called a point. In computing, it
Full_stop
Concise notation for large or small numbers
would have its decimal separator shifted 6 digits to the right and become 1,230,400, while −4.0321×10−3 would have its decimal separator moved 3 digits
Scientific_notation
Horizontal line immediately above a portion of writing
underbar to superscript digits, especially for monetary values without a decimal separator, as in 9995.[citation needed] In mathematics, an overline can be used
Overline
Monetary symbol used in many national currencies
all using the cifrão as decimals separator.[citation needed] Brazil retained the real and the cifrão as thousands separator until 1942, when it switched
Dollar_sign
Expression of numbers as sequences of digits
single separator: r = b k b k − 1 ⋯ b 0 . a 1 a 2 ⋯ {\displaystyle r=b_{k}b_{k-1}\cdots b_{0}.a_{1}a_{2}\cdots } Here . is the decimal separator, k is
Decimal_representation
Ratio of two numbers
of a decimal separator. The separator can be a period ⟨.⟩, interpunct ⟨·⟩, or comma ⟨,⟩, depending on locale. (For examples, see Decimal separator.) Thus
Fraction
Names of numbers in English
European languages that use the comma as a decimal separator may correspondingly use the period as a thousands separator. As a result, some style guides[example
English_numerals
Graphemes for various number systems
for the decimal digits, and also various decimal points, thousands separators, negative signs, etc. Unicode also includes several non-decimal numerals
Numerals_in_Unicode
Topics referred to by the same term
separator, as common in many European countries) the number 10 known to five significant figures, i.e. 10±0.0005 (here the dot is a decimal separator
10.000
Time of day using decimal units
day into 10 decimal hours, each decimal hour into 100 decimal minutes and each decimal minute into 100 decimal seconds (100,000 decimal seconds per day)
Decimal_time
Slanting line punctuation mark (/)
where the national currencies are denominated in shillings, the decimal separator is a slash mark (e.g., 2/50). Where the minor unit is zero, an equals
Slash_(punctuation)
Combining Diacritical Marks : Colon Colon Semicolon , Comma Comma Decimal separator ⌘ Place of interest sign Command key also known as a "looped square"
List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks
List_of_typographical_symbols_and_punctuation_marks
Topics referred to by the same term
separator, as common in many European countries) the number 1 known to four significant figures, i.e. 1±0.0005 (here the dot is a decimal separator,
1.000
Symbols used to write numbers
"tens" position, and "2" in the "units" position. The decimal numeral system uses a decimal separator, commonly a period in English, or a comma in other
Numerical_digit
Punctuation mark (,)
are used instead; the comma is used as a decimal separator, equivalent to the use in English of the decimal point. In India, the groups are two digits
Comma
Indian convention of naming large numbers
system uses a period as the decimal separator and the comma for grouping, while others use a comma for decimal separator and a thin space or point to
Indian_numbering_system
Topics referred to by the same term
the decimal point and the binary point A synonym for "delimiter" in computer parlance Orthodontic spacer, also known as orthodontic separators Four of
Separator
Currency of Portugal from 1911 to 2002
in escudos were written as escudos centavos with the cifrão as the decimal separator (for example: 2500 means 25.00 escudos, 10050 means 100.50 escudos)
Portuguese_escudo
Punctuation mark (;)
applications, the semicolon is used as a list separator, especially in cases where the decimal separator is a comma, such as 0,32; 3,14; 4,50, instead
Semicolon
Number words used in the Japanese language
yakuza are "worthless persons" or "gambling persons". Chinese numerals Decimal separator Japanese counter word Japanese people Japanese wordplay § Numeric
Japanese_numerals
Currency of the Republic of Cape Verde
centavos. Amounts are generally written by using the cifrão ($) as the decimal separator, such as 2000 for 20 escudos, or 1.00000 for 1000. The term conto
Cape_Verdean_escudo
Digit necessary to represent a quantity
to a given number of places. For example, to two places after the decimal separator for many world currencies. This is done because greater precision
Significant_figures
Device used for calculations
Large-sized figures are often used to improve readability; while using decimal separator (usually a point rather than a comma) instead of or in addition to
Calculator
Topics referred to by the same term
denominator is a power of ten Decimal representation, a mathematical expression for a number written as a series Decimal separator, used to mark the boundary
Decimal_(disambiguation)
Abugida used to write Bengali
(the decimal system). A period or dot is used to denote the decimal separator, which separates the integral and the fractional parts of a decimal number
Bengali_alphabet
Names of numbers in the Romanian language
those used in English, with the exception of using the comma as the decimal separator and the period or the space (ideally a narrow space) for grouping
Romanian_numbers
Notation for expressing numbers
ones place at the bottom. The Mayas had no equivalent of the modern decimal separator, so their system could not represent fractions.[citation needed] The
Numeral_system
Austroasiatic language
September 2025 The Vietnamese prefer writing numbers with a comma as the decimal separator in lieu of dots, and either spaces or dots to group the digits. An
Vietnamese_language
Standard defining codes for currencies
List of international trade topics The number of digits after the decimal separator. Entities listed in the ISO 4217 standard. See the list of circulating
ISO_4217
Standard for numbering divisions in text
then be customized to remove any trailing dot. Decimal section numbering Decimal separator Dot-decimal notation International Standard ISO 2145:1978,
ISO_2145
Electronic component
capacitor's value in a circuit diagram. It avoids using a decimal separator and replaces the decimal separator with the SI prefix symbol for the particular value
Capacitor
Notation to specify resistor and capacitor values
material and in silk screens). This method avoids overlooking the decimal separator, which may not be rendered reliably on components or when duplicating
RKM_code
use of decimals to represent fractions. A French version, La Disme, was issued the same year by Stevin. Stevin introduced the decimal separator (0) between
De_Thiende
Numerals used in the eastern Arab world and Asia
Arabic decimal separator ٫ (U+066B) or the comma , is used as the decimal mark, as in ٣٫١٤١٥٩٢٦٥٣٥٨ (3.14159265358). The Arabic thousands separator ٬ (U+066C)
Eastern_Arabic_numerals
Standardized quantities and units
half-height dot, though the latter should not be used when the dot is the decimal separator. Unit symbols follow the numerical value in the expression of a quantity
ISO_31-0
System of number names used in Georgian
Arabic numerals used in English, except that the comma is used as the decimal separator, and digits in large numbers are divided into groups of three using
Georgian_numerals
Topics referred to by the same term
thousands separator, as common in many European countries) the number 100 known to six significant figures, i.e. 100±0.0005 (here the dot is a decimal separator
100.000
Brackets as used in mathematical notation
used for this, and wherever comma is used as decimal separator, semicolon might be used as a separator to avoid ambiguity (e.g., ( 0 ; 1 ) {\displaystyle
Bracket_(mathematics)
Symbol used to represent a monetary currency's name
Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 250. Older currency symbols have evolved slowly, often
Currency_symbol
Punctuation mark with various forms
Armenian emphasis and apostrophe, the Arabic comma, the decimal separator, the thousands separator, etc. Other authors[who?] claim that the reason for this
Quotation_mark
Passive electronic component providing electrical resistance
common scheme is the RKM code following IEC 60062. Rather than using a decimal separator, this notation uses a letter loosely associated with SI prefixes corresponding
Resistor
Former Greek inter-word punctuation marker
ypodiastolī́ (υποδιαστολή) refers to the comma in its role as a decimal separator, and words such as ό,τι are written with standard commas. A separate
Hypodiastole
Character(s) for specifying the boundary between regions of data
/> CDATA – Section delimiter in the markup languages SGML and XML Decimal separator – Numerical symbol Delimiter-separated values – Text format for indicating
Delimiter
Process of assigning numbers to objects or events
Additional 0s may be added after a decimal separator to denote a greater exactness, increasing the number of decimals. For example, 1 has implied limits
Measurement
Persian astronomer and mathematician (c. 1380–1429)
after the decimal separator. For 2 π {\displaystyle 2\pi } expressed exactly up to and including the 18th place after the decimal separator one has: 6
Jamshid_al-Kashi
International standards for dates and times
plain text." The separator used between date values (year, month, week, and day) is the hyphen, while the colon is used as the separator between time values
ISO_8601
Order of magnitude indicator
multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today are decimal. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is prepended to any unit symbol.
Metric_prefix
Component of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server
(e.g. decimal separator). How Currency values are displayed, including the currency symbol. Time and date notations, such as the date separator and whether
Control_Panel_(Windows)
Geographic data file
advisable to ignore localization settings and always use dot . as the decimal separator. Also, negative numbers should be specified with the "-" character
World_file
Development of the mathematical function
to derive: the normalized significand is obtained by shifting the decimal separator to the position after the first non-zero digit, and the characteristic
History_of_logarithms
substituted for the Latin script comma ⟨,⟩ which is also used as the decimal separator when the Eastern Arabic numerals are used (e.g. ⟨100.6⟩ compared to
Arabic_script_in_Unicode
Calculator software
The decimal separator on the number pad is based on the general keyboard layout since version 3.12.3. Due to different styles of formatting decimal positions
GNOME_Calculator
Colloquially, decimal numbers are formed by saying ဒသမ ([daʔθəma̰], Pali for 'tenth') where the decimal separator is located: ဆယ် ten ဒသမ decimal တစ် one ဆယ်
Burmese_numerals
Currency of Indonesia
amounts up to the cent (e.g. Rp1.234,56 – Indonesian uses comma as decimal separator). "Gambar Uang". Retrieved 16 November 2025. "Pengamat Minta BI Hilangkan
Indonesian_rupiah
Standard division algorithm for multi-digit numbers
division operator (analogous to "/" or "÷"). In these regions the decimal separator is written as a comma. (cf. first section of Latin American countries
Long_division
Notation for expressing numbers in Thai
billion) is lan lan. Colloquially, decimal numbers are formed by saying chut (จุด, dot) where the decimal separator is located. For example, 1.01 is nueng
Thai_numerals
Process of making software accessible worldwide
variety Writing conventions like: Formatting of numbers (especially decimal separator and digit grouping) Date and time format, possibly including the use
Internationalization and localization
Internationalization_and_localization
Topics referred to by the same term
feminine form of "separator") may refer to: Separatrix (decimal mark), an ⟨L⟩ mark or vertical bar ⟨|⟩ formerly used as a decimal point Separatrix, a
Separatrix
(the second hour of the night). In Rwanda, the decimal separator is a dot (".") and the thousands separator is a comma (","), which aligns with the standards
Date and time notation in Rwanda
Date_and_time_notation_in_Rwanda
un billion. In the French numeral notation, the comma (,) is the decimal separator, whereas a space is used between each group of three digits (fifteen
Culture_of_France
German anti-aircraft gun
phonetic spelling of letters "AA". In German, the comma is used as the decimal separator, hence official punctuation was actually "8,8 cm" and not "8.8 cm"
8.8_cm_Flak_18/36/37/41
notes. 1556 Nicolo Tartaglia = equals sign 1557 Robert Recorde . decimal separator 1593 Christopher Clavius × multiplication sign 1618 William Oughtred
Table of mathematical symbols by introduction date
Table_of_mathematical_symbols_by_introduction_date
Topics referred to by the same term
"centered dot" or "centred dot", a punctuation mark "Dot as decimal point", the form of decimal separator generally used in anglophone countries, e.g., $24.99
Dot
Ancient Indian alphasyllabic numeral system
numeral for kya (क्य) will be 1. There is no way of representing the decimal separator in the system. Indians used the Hindu–Arabic numeral system for numbering
Katapayadi_system
Style of writing without spaces between words
format Codex Sinaiticus – 4th-century handwritten Bible copy in Greek Decimal separator – Numerical symbol Rasm – Arabic writing script E. Otha Wingo. (1972)
Scriptio_continua
Currency of Colombia
practical use, although financial statements do still record amounts to the centavo (e.g., "$123.456,78"; Colombia uses the comma as the decimal separator)
Colombian_peso
Marks to indicate pacing of written text
PERCENT SIGN U+066A Po, other Arabic ٫ ARABIC DECIMAL SEPARATOR U+066B Po, other Arabic ٬ ARABIC THOUSANDS SEPARATOR U+066C Po, other Arabic ٭ ARABIC FIVE POINTED
Punctuation
System for writing in Spanish
figures (1, 2, 3, ...). For the decimal separator, the comma and the point are both accepted (3,1416 or 3.1416); the decimal comma is preferred in Spain,
Spanish_orthography
Numbering system of the Vietnamese language
hundred-million, 2312 ten-thousand and 3123). Modern Vietnamese uses comma as decimal separator when written in Arabic numerals. Sino-Vietnamese numbers are not in
Vietnamese_numerals
Units that are not part of a coherent system
with the unit newton), that is in the number of nines following the decimal separator in writing the number in question. For example, "three nines" or "3N"
List of non-coherent units of measurement
List_of_non-coherent_units_of_measurement
Official keyboard layout of Canada
Tab ISO-7000 0001 (U+21E5) 44 Right Tab ISO-7000 0001 (U+2B7E) 62 Decimal separator ISO-7000 1859 (U+2396) Notes : Number of the pictogram corresponding
CSA_keyboard
Technical standard
this order: component data element separator (: in this sample) data element separator (+ in this sample) decimal mark (. in this sample) release character
EDIFACT
Inflection in the Russian language
more than 7 are seldom used. In Russian, the comma is used as the decimal separator. (in Russian) Zaliznyak A. A. "Русское именное словоизменение." Moscow:
Russian_declension
Orthography of the Estonian language
as the decimal separator, and the space is used as thousands separator (in financial documents, the point can be used as thousands separator to avoid
Estonian_orthography
Complete list of the characters available on most computers
baseline advance. Line Separator (U+2028) Paragraph Separator (U+2029) These provide Unicode with native paragraph and line separators independent of the
Universal Character Set characters
Universal_Character_Set_characters
interpretation of the trigonometric functions. By the 5th century: The decimal separator is developed in India, as recorded in al-Uqlidisi's later commentary
Timeline of scientific discoveries
Timeline_of_scientific_discoveries
Braille pattern
handakuten Korean Braille s- / ㅅ Taiwanese Braille 、 (comma) Two-Cell Chinese Braille emphasis mark Nemeth Braille , (comma), /. (decimal separator)
Braille_pattern_dots-6
Gun ballistic calculation
regarding small arms projectiles to get a number in front of the decimal separator.[citation needed] As an example, a bullet with a mass of 160 grains
Sectional_density
Unicode character block
Miscellaneous Technical symbols placed in the hexadecimal range 0x2300–0x23FF, (decimal 8960–9215), as described below. 1.^Unicode code points U+2329 & U+232A
Miscellaneous_Technical
Type of grammar for describing formal languages
input be a directive to the effect that “in this file, comma is a decimal separator, so all those function calls f(3,14*r) you thought had two arguments
Parsing_expression_grammar
Method for representing or encoding numbers
the decimal system. Some of those pro-decimal efforts—such as decimal time and the decimal calendar—were unsuccessful. Other French pro-decimal efforts—currency
Positional_notation
Electronic measuring instrument that combines several measurement functions in one unit
display of all zeros) the multimeter's display can show, ignoring the decimal separator. For example, a 5+1⁄2-digit multimeter can also be specified as a
Multimeter
Arabic writing script
Latin script where all spaces and other punctuations is omitted. Decimal separator Modern Arabic mathematical notation Book Pahlavi, an Iranian script
Rasm
Cryptographic cipher device
two symbols '.' and '/'. The period '.' is used as a full stop or decimal separator, The slash '/' is used as a numeric escape character (indicating that
Straddling_checkerboard
ISO standard: computer keyboard layouts
used for office purposes, the key denoted by ⌗ or ⎖ shall show the decimal separator (usually a dot or a comma, dependent on the user language). On such
ISO/IEC_9995
that uses thousands separators and no decimal places, P2 (applied to column two), the same number format as P1 but with two decimal places, and P3, the
Symbolic_Link_(SYLK)
often used in financial documents. Numbers are given with a comma as decimal separator. In the Greek language the indeclinable word ευρώ ([evˈro]) is used
Language_and_the_euro
computer keyboard, and has the decimal value 28 (or 1c in hexadecimal). It is the highest-level of the four separators in the ASCII C0 and C1 control
Control-\
Ways in which keystrokes are interpreted
accepted input in infix notation, and returned the answer 3 , 8 6 ¯ {\displaystyle 3{\text{,}}8{\overline {6}}} . Here, the comma is a decimal separator.
Calculator_input_methods
Chinese abacus
two types of beads on the suanpan, those in the lower deck, below the separator beam, and those in the upper deck above it. The ones in the lower deck
Suanpan
Special characters in computing signifying the end of a line of text
line" (NEL) control code, as well as control codes for "line separator" and "paragraph separator" markers. Unicode also contains printable characters for
Newline
Space character about 1/5 em wide
avoids the ambiguity of the comma, used as a thousands separator in many countries but as a decimal point in Europe. In Unicode, thin space is encoded at
Thin_space
Timekeeping convention
can be a decimal fraction; that is, the fractional part follows a decimal dot or comma, as in 01:23:45.678. The most commonly used separator symbol between
24-hour_clock
Computer control characters
their original definitions; and some file formats use the "Information Separators" (ISn) such as the Unix info format and Python's splitlines string method
C0_and_C1_control_codes
Electronic display device for displaying digits and some letters
triple-digit groupings or as a decimal separator in many regions) is commonly formed by combining the decimal point with a closely 'attached' leftwards-descending
Segment_display
Typographical symbol
official advice issued was to write decimal amounts with a raised point (for example, £21·48) and to use a decimal point "on the line" only when typesetting
Interpunct
Notation for representing an integer in source code
numbers. Very long numbers can be further grouped by doubling up separators. Typically decimal numbers (base-10) are grouped in three digit groups (representing
Integer_literal
10th episode of the 2nd season of Silicon Valley
billionaire obsessed with the "three commas club", a reference to the three decimal separators separating the number 1,000,000,000 in his net worth. In its original
Two_Days_of_the_Condor
DECIMAL SEPARATOR
DECIMAL SEPARATOR
Boy/Male
Muslim
Separator
Girl/Female
Muslim
A person who knows the recital of the Quran
Boy/Male
Latin
Tenth. This name was often given to the tenth child in large families.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Separator
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Muslim, Pakistani
One who Know the Recital of Quaran
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
A Person who Knows the Recital of the Quran
Boy/Male
Tamil
Devilal | தேவீலால
Son of Goddess
Devilal | தேவீலால
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Rajasthani, Sindhi, Telugu
Son of Goddess
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Ancient
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Shaft
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Roman Latin Decebalus, DECEBAL means "strong as ten."
Girl/Female
Latin
Tenth. This name was often given to the tenth child in large families.
Female
English
Latin name DECIMA means "tenth." In Roman mythology, the Decima are equated with the Greek Moirae.
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, English, French, Latin
Female Version of Decimus; Tenth
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
A person who knows the recital of the qur'an
DECIMAL SEPARATOR
DECIMAL SEPARATOR
Male
Slovene
Slovene form of Latin Johannes, JANEZ means "God is gracious."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Partner
Boy/Male
Hindu
Crown, Wealth, Bosom friend
Girl/Female
Indian
Love, Friendship
Girl/Female
Hindu
Creeper, A small leaf, Parvati
Boy/Male
Tamil
Raghavendra | ராகவேநà¯à®¤à¯à®°
Lord Rama
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living by a smithy, from Middle English smithe, smythy ‘smithy’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Smitha in Devon. It could also be a metonymic occupational name for the smith himself.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Large, Aggriable, Goodluck
Boy/Male
Native American
White.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Heaven
DECIMAL SEPARATOR
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DECIMAL SEPARATOR
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n.
A recital.
n.
The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
n.
The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
imp. & p. p.
of Decimate
n.
Recital.
n.
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
v. t.
To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
n.
A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
n.
See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.
n.
The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Decimate
n.
Denial.
adv.
By tens; by means of decimals.
v. t.
To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
n.
A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
n.
An inaccurate recital.
a.
Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.
a.
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.
a.
Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law.
n.
Denial.