Definitionadj. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
Last update: July 1, 2015
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To Napier seems to be due the first use of the decimal point in arithmetic. Decimal fractions were first introduced by Stevinus in his tract La Disme, published in 1585, but he used cumbrous exponents (numbers enclosed in circles) to distinguish the different denominations, primes, seconds, thirds, &c. Thus, for example, he would have written 123.456 as 123@4050603. [Please select]
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The Past hath crusted cumbrous shells That hold the flesh of cold sea-mells About my soul. [Please select]
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These features greatly detracted from their seaworthiness, and made them unwieldy, cumbrous craft. [Please select]
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His figure was thickset, strong, cumbrous; his hair black, curly, shining. [Please select]
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The slippery old man perpetually eluded the cumbrous grasp of his antagonist. [Please select]
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The flat top of his cumbrous cylindrical helmet was unadorned with any crest. [Please select]
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But when Pope began to close his cumbrous net the following day Jackson had disappeared again. [Please select]
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