Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subdecimal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-dec-i-mal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That results from a division by ten or by a multiple of ten)

Example Sentences

"When we examine the units to note how many are founded upon natural magnitudes, we recognize that the second is not a subdecimal part of the solar day, but only the 36400 of that natural unit."
"The detection of decimal points involves three purposes: First, recognition is concerned with the integer part alone, and subdecimal digits are not recognized in most cases."
"The fact that nearly all Central American languages have a vigesimal numeral system (partly beside a subdecimal system of counting) seems to suggest that the vigesimal system only spread in recent times, […]"

Etymology

From sub- + decimal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Questions

What does subdecimal mean?: That results from a division by ten or by a multiple of ten)
Where does subdecimal come from?: From sub- + decimal.

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