decimal place

noun

: the position of a digit as counted to the right of the decimal point in a decimal

Examples of decimal place in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Part of the reason the rate has remained at 3.7% is that the unemployment rate is only reported to the first decimal place, Pakko said. —Cooper Gant, Arkansas Online, 18 July 2025

Certain curved bumpers shift the tape one way, making the data stored in distant decimal places more significant in a way reminiscent of chaotic systems, while oppositely curved bumpers do the reverse. —Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025

The government rounds the number (either up or down) to one decimal place for official reporting. —Robert Barone, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024

This means polling averages can change by a few decimal places day to day — and probabilities may jitter by around a point, which cascades down into uncertainty in our model. —G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for decimal place

• aromatase
• hydrogenase
• nitrogenase
• oligoclase
• oxygenase
• plagioclase
• polymerase
• streptokinase
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Kids Definition

decimal place

noun

: any of the places to the right of the decimal point in a number expressed in decimal notation

5.732 has three decimal places