Associations to the word «Decade»
Noun
Adjective
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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.