Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "maimaita ƙima" shine kamar haka:Noun: Maimaita decimal lamba ce ta decimal wacce ke da tsarin maimaita lambobi bayan maki goma. Nau'in wakilcin adadi ne na adadi na hankali, wanda shine lamba da za'a iya bayyana shi azaman rabon lambobi biyu. Tsarin maimaita lambobi a cikin adadi mai maimaitawa yana maimaita mara iyaka, kuma yawanci ana nuna shi ta sanya sanda ko vinculum (layin kwance) sama da maimaita lambobi. Misali, a cikin adadi na 0.333..., lambobi "3" suna maimaitawa mara iyaka, kuma ana iya nuna shi a matsayin 0.3̅. Hakazalika, a cikin adadi na 0.714285..., lambobi "714285" suna maimaita har abada, kuma ana iya nuna shi azaman 0.7̅1̅4̅2̅8̅5̅. Ana iya bayyana ma'aunin ƙididdiga masu maimaita a matsayin juzu'i, kuma suna da aikace-aikace da yawa a cikin ilimin lissafi, musamman a fagen ka'idar lamba da algebra.