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decimal point

noun as in full stop

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As  Marcus says, the devil is often in the details in cases like this, “some decimal point in the wrong place.”

The decimal point (or comma) was first used by the inventor of logarithms, John Napier, as early as 1616 and 1617.

Except for the omission of the decimal point, these logarithms are natural logarithms—the first of their kind ever published.

Ecks responded with a cartoon of "Miss Meekness, making a slip of the decimal point."

"Printer's error in the decimal point," returned the other, with airy impudence.

These are easily got from the corresponding percentages by shifting the decimal point one, three, or four places to the right.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decimal point, such as: dead stop, dot, full point, period, point, and screeching halt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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