0 the dot used between the whole numbers and the tenths of a decimal. In some countries a decimal comma is used instead: --
1 a mark used in numbers to separate whole numbers from parts of numbers: --
He does not profess to be right down to the decimal point of a penny.
It is not simply a question of moving the decimal point.
The decimal point would be moved one place to the left.
Unfortunately, the decimal point is in the right place.
The association asks us to recognise that its calculations are only approximate, and not accurate to the last decimal point.
On the other hand, if one were working it out in cubic metres, one would measure in centimetres and move the decimal point.
In the present system we have two figures to the right of the decimal point and also this curious fraction, the ½ stuck on the end.
You would have to have a decimal point of a man to do it.
