(strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot. / (generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population. / A tithe or the act of tithing.

plural of decimation

plural of decimate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate

simple past tense and past participle of decimate

present participle of decimate

Alternative spelling of decimalisation

(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system. / (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself. / (informal) A decimal place.

(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

To represent with numbers after a decimal point.