Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
zwei Nachkommastellen
English translation:
two decimal places
Added to glossary by
Nick Weisser (X)
Sep 2, 2004 12:23
19 yrs ago
German term
zwei Nachkommastellen
German to English
Science
Mathematics & Statistics
I just couldn't find this term in any of my dictionaries. Maybe it doesn't exist because only in German do we use a comma to format numbers.
In English you write 12.24 wheareas in German you write 12,24.
In English you write 12.24 wheareas in German you write 12,24.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +13 | two decimal points |
Louise Mawbey
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| 4 | two decimal digits |
jccantrell
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Proposed translations
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two decimal points
Thats what we use in UK English
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or 2 decimal places
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Although most people are agreeing with \"places\" (which is probably the best) \"points\" is also used in this way, maybe it is more colloquial. A look on Google will show plenty of native sites like this quote from a UK English one
\"The calculator allows part-time calculations to be entered to one decimal point, but I have teachers whose hours are expressed to two decimal points.
A number of people have raised this point and we have now changed the part-time function to work to two decimal points. However, you should remember that the part time ratios are based on percentages, not decimal points — i.e. one day per week is 20%, not 0.2\"
Still, places is probably best
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or 2 decimal places
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Note added at 1 hr 5 mins (2004-09-02 13:28:43 GMT)
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Although most people are agreeing with \"places\" (which is probably the best) \"points\" is also used in this way, maybe it is more colloquial. A look on Google will show plenty of native sites like this quote from a UK English one
\"The calculator allows part-time calculations to be entered to one decimal point, but I have teachers whose hours are expressed to two decimal points.
A number of people have raised this point and we have now changed the part-time function to work to two decimal points. However, you should remember that the part time ratios are based on percentages, not decimal points — i.e. one day per week is 20%, not 0.2\"
Still, places is probably best
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jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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two decimal digits
When specifying numerical precision, I have seen it termed "decimal digits"
See the link.
See the link.
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