Associations to the word «Decade»

Wiktionary

DECADE, noun. A series or group of ten things. [from 16th c.]
DECADE, noun. A period of ten years. [from 17th c.]
DECADE, noun. (French history) In the French Revolutionary calendar, a group of ten days. [from 18th c.]
DECADE, noun. (Roman Catholicism) A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.
DECADE, noun. (physics) (engineering) The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.
DECADE COUNTER, noun. (electronics) A counter that counts in decimal digits, rather than in binary.
DECADE LONG, adjective. Alternative spelling of decade-long

Dictionary definition

DECADE, noun. A period of 10 years.
DECADE, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King