decade

decade

decade

1. third-person singular indicative present of decadere

decade (plural decades)

1. A period of ten years.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii

     The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.

2. (when referring to a named or numbered decade) Specifically, a period of ten years, beginning on January 1 of a year ending with a zero when written, and ending at midnight on December 31 of the year nine years later.
   • 1979,, “Museums”, Texas Monthly, volume 7, number 12, page 22:?

     Thru May: 1920s — The Decade That Roared. New exhibition portraying historical events and everyday life during the Roaring Twenties.

3. Any series or group of ten items.

   a decade of soldiers

4. A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.
5. (rare) The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.

   There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.

	decennio
	a period of ten years

	decina
	a series of ten things
	a series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary

	decade
	a period of ten years

deca

Altri significati:

(rare) The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.

A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.

(when referring to a named or numbered decade) Specifically, a period of ten years, beginning on January 1 of a year ending with a zero when written, and ending at midnight on December 31 of the year nine years later.

A period of ten years.

Any series of ten items.

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