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decade

noun
/ˈdɛkeɪd/UK/ˈdɛkeɪd/US

Etymology

From Middle English decade, from Old French decade, from Late Latin decādem (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás), from δέκα (déka, “ten”). In reference to a span of ten years, originally a clipping of the phrase decade of years. By surface analysis, dec- + -ade. Doublet of decad and dekad.

  1. derived from δεκάς
  2. derived from decās — “(set of) ten”
  3. derived from decade
  4. inherited from decade

Definitions

  1. A group, set, or series of ten , particularly

    • a decade of soldiers

  2. A group, set, or series of ten

    • The 1960s was a turbulent decade.
    • I haven’t seen my cousin in over a decade!
    • 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.

  3. A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between…

    A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.

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

The neighborhood

Derived

cosmological decade, decade box, decade counter, decadeful, decade long, decade-long, decadelong, decades-long, decadeslong, decadewise, decadist, dollar decade, light decade, lost decade, multidecade, quintade, semidecade

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for decade. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA