DEC'ILITER, noun A French measure of capacity equal to one tenth of a liter. DEC'IMAL, adjective [Latin decimus, tenth, from decem, ten.] 1. Numbered by ten; as decimal progression. 2. Increasing or diminishing by ten; as decimal numbers; decimal arithmetic; decimal fractions. 3. Tenth; as a decimal part.
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