Decimal System Definition

Decimal System Sentence Examples

• A decimal system of numeration was used, with numbers going up to io,000.

• To him are due the introduction of the decimal system of currency and the adoption of a system of protection to Canadian manufactures.

• It is remarkable how near this early decimal system of Germany and Britain is the double of the modern decimal metric system.

• The coinage of Mexico, now concentrated at the mint in the capital (all others having been closed) is based (since November 28, 1867) on the decimal system - the peso being divided into 100 centavos - and consists of gold, silver, nickel and bronze coins, whose weight and fineness are determined by the monetary law of 1904.

• Since 1871 the decimal system of coinage, corresponding to that of the United States, has been the only one employed.