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decade
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decade
1. a period of ten consecutive years
2. a group or series of ten

decade [de′kād]
(electricity)
A group or assembly of 10 units; for example, a decade counter counts 10 in one column, and a decade box inserts resistance quantities in multiples of powers of 10.
(science and technology)
The interval between any two quantities having the ratio of 10 to 1.


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Nineteen years of data is not a sufficient period of time to correlate nontornadic severe storms with decadal changes of population.
The cooling trend, as well as its patchiness, probably results from variations in climate cycles such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, he notes.
Factors in his outlook: The sunspot minimum--in one of the three years after this, there is a drier bias; while La Nina is diminishing, the jet stream's "memory" could produce dryness this summer; and, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) will trend toward its negative phase, raising odds high pressure will be east of the Rockies.
 
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