复数： decimals
易混淆的单词： Decimal

Atomic clocks measure time using the oscillations of a single atom and are accurate to 17 decimal places .

原子钟是通过一个原子的振动来计时，精确度可达小数点后17位。

" Can you believe it ? Surely , the decimal point was misplaced , " the beijing morning post quoted one person as saying .

《北京晨报》援引一位人士的话说：“你能相信吗？肯定是小数点放错地方了。”

In the same way , it is not known if there exists an infinity of prime numbers , the decimal representation of which does not use the digit 7 .

同样，也不知道是否存在无穷多的素数，它们的十进表示都不含数字7。

Those scale theoritically has no limit every quake , every measured as for them between 0 and 9.5 , but single decimal point can be a giant increasing destruction .

那些规模理论上没有对每一次地震测量，只是用介于0和9.5之间的数字测量，但是单一的小数点可以造成巨大的破坏。

In fact , for the first time since 1952 , british interest rates may well boast a " two " in front of the decimal point .

实际上，自1952年首次，英国的利率可能已涨到小数点前两位了。