Decimal system may refer to:
- The decimal (base ten) number system, used in mathematics for writing numbers and performing arithmetic.
- The Dewey Decimal System, a subject classification system used in libraries.
- The decimal currency system, where each unit of currency can be divided into 100 (or 10 or 1000) sub-units.
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“Science is a system of statements based on direct experience, and controlled by experimental verification. Verification in science is not, however, of single statements but of the entire system or a sub-system of such statements.”
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