decimal notation

1. 1.

   any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)

   Broadermathematical notation

Questions about decimal notation

What does decimal notation mean?

decimal notation means "any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)".

Is decimal notation a common word?

decimal notation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.