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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He can correct his author at a dozen points and estimate the value of these warnings by the standard of a decade of realities. Once in every decade there shall be a general settlement, when the balance due shall be paid to the creditor nation in Mexican dollars. Preposterous by any reasonable standard, Lyly's style, 'Euphuism,' precisely hit the Court taste of his age and became for a decade its most approved conversational dialect. |
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