Decimal mark in the context of Space (punctuation)

⭐ Core Definition: Decimal mark

A decimal separator is a symbol that separates the integer part from the fractional part of a number written in decimal form. Different countries officially designate different symbols for use as the separator. The choice of symbol can also affect the choice of symbol for the thousands separator used in digit grouping.

Any such symbol can be called a decimal mark, decimal marker, or decimal sign. Symbol-specific names are also used; decimal point and decimal comma refer to a dot (either at the baseline or the vertically middle of the written characters) and comma respectively, when it is used as a decimal separator; these are the usual terms used in English, with the aforementioned generic terms reserved for abstract usage.

↓ Menu

Decimal mark in the context of 1000 (number)

1000 or one thousand is the natural number following 999 and preceding 1001. In most English-speaking countries, it can be written with or without a comma or sometimes a period separating the thousands digit: 1,000.

A group of one thousand units is sometimes known, from Ancient Greek, as a chiliad. A period of one thousand years may be known as a chiliad or, more often from Latin, as a millennium. The number 1000 is also sometimes described as a short thousand in medieval contexts where it is necessary to distinguish the Germanic concept of 1200 as a long thousand. It is the first 4-digit integer.

View the full Wikipedia page for 1000 (number)

↑ Return to Menu

Decimal mark in the context of Space (punctuation)

Decimal mark Study page number 1 of 1

Play TriviaQuestions Online!

Skip to study material about Decimal mark in the context of "Space (punctuation)"

⭐ Core Definition: Decimal mark

Decimal mark in the context of 1000 (number)