decaden.

Brit.

/ˈdɛkeɪd/,

/dᵻˈkeɪd/,

/ˈdɛkəd/, U.S.

/ˈdɛˌkeɪd/,

/dəˈkeɪd/,

/ˈdɛkəd/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s decad.

Etymology: < French decade (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin decas , decad-em , < Greek δεκάς , δεκάδα , a group of ten, < δέκα ten. Compare decad n.

a. An assemblage, group, set, or series of ten.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > ten > [noun] > group of ten

tenOE

tensome1563

decade1594

denary1615

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 81 Your subiectes must consist of Decades, whereof the first is a man, and the fifth a woman.

1612 R. Sheldon 1st Serm. after Conversion 41 Of which some bring into this Kingdome Decades of thousands.

1679 T. Pierce (title) A decad of Caveats to the people of England.

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 265 Can we engage, not decads, but an host?

1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley III. xv. 298 His prisoners were divided into two decads.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xiv. 301 In two hours, our fervid innovator drew up that decade of propositions.

1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms at Beads 61 The practice of saying fifteen decades of the Ave Maria, with one Our Father after each decade, was invented by St. Dominic.

(a) A set of resistors (or capacitors or inductors) connected so as to provide a resistance of any integral value between one and ten times the lowest at a single setting of a switch, etc.; a decade is usually one of several in a box which cover successive multiples of ten in value (so decade box, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > resistor

high-frequency resistance1892

decade1911

voltage divider1930

bleeder resistance or resistor1935

resistor1947

1911 W. H. Timbie Elem. Electr. v. 121 (caption) Wheatstone bridge, ‘decade’ form.

1911 W. H. Timbie Elem. Electr. v. 121 The coils composing the variable resistance are arranged in such an ingenious way that 10 variations in value in each ‘decade’ or row are made by the use of only 4 coils.

1911 W. H. Timbie Elem. Electr. v. 122 One decade represents 1000-ohm steps, the next 100-ohm steps, etc. This gives a total range in the four decades of 9999 ohms, by one-ohm steps.

1952 F. E. Terman & J. M. Pettit Electronic Measurem. (ed. 2) xiv. 615 In grouping condensers together to form decade units, it is desirable to employ the smallest possible number of condensers.

1952 F. K. Harris Electr. Measurem. vii. 229 There may be ten 1-ohm coils for the unit decade, ten 10-ohm coils for the ten decade, etc.

1952 F. K. Harris Electr. Measurem. vii. 231 The switching arrangement most common in decade resistance boxes..is the rotary switch having brushes which bear on contact studs.

(b) A set of ten electronic devices each used to represent a digit in the counting of pulses. So decade counter, decade system, etc.

ΚΠ

1948 Sci. News 7 118 Each accumulator contains 10 decade counters and each decade counter 10 gadgets with the..name ‘flip-flop’.

1948 Sci. News 7 119 The ten flip-flops within a decade counter represent from left to right the digits 0 to 9, while the whole decade represents one place of a ten-digit number.

1952 Electronic Engin. 24 376 With a suitably larger power supply there is no limit to the number of decade units which can be used.

1958 Engineering 28 Mar. 389/3 The pulses are counted by a three decade system using multi-cathode discharge tubes which display in a digital form the measured voltage.

1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors viii. 88 The display for each decade consists of ten neon lamps arranged in a vertical column corresponding to the numbers 0 to 9.

2. spec.

a. Short for ‘decade of years’; a period of ten years.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > decade

decade1605

decennium1685

decennary1822

decenniad1864

tenner1866

decennial1889

1605 T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 121 So many tens or decads of yeares.

1709 J. Palmer Disc. Latter Day Glory 112 That Decad of Years in which the Empire ceased.

1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 296 The war..might still have continued for another decade of years.

c1655 T. Dugard in S. Ashe Fun. Serm. (1655) 71 His smoother brow..made me hope that He might raise eight Decads to a Century.1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 19 In the second decad of the twelfth Century.1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 55 Since Averill was a decad and a half His elder.1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 1 The last decade of that century.

b. A period of ten days, substituted for the week in the French Republican calendar of 1793.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > period of days in specific calendars

quinzièmec1400

decade1798

1798 Anti-Jacobin 25 June 263/2 In the course of the next Decade I shall sail to the Canal which is now cutting across the Isthmus of Suez.

1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 71 Three decades make a month of thirty days.

3. A division of a literary work, containing ten books or parts; as the decades of Livy.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > main subdivision of large work > of book in ten parts

decade1475

1475 Bk. Noblesse 53 I rede in the Romayns stories of Titus Livius, in the booke of the first decade.

1555 Eden (title) The Decades of the newe worlde or West India.

1594 (title) Diana: or the excellent conceitful Sonnets of H. C[onstable]..Deuided into viij Decads.

1651 I. Walton Life of Wotton in H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) sig. d5^v 'Tis the first Epistle in his Printed Decads.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 394 He was a blockhead, and burned Livy's decads.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 139 It is now as hopelessly lost as the second decade of Livy.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 726/1 [article Livy] The division into decades is certainly not due to the author himself, and is first heard of at the end of the 5th century.

Compounds

† decade-day n. Obsolete = décadi n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > in different calendars

décadi1795

decade-day1798

1798 Anti-Jacobin 9 Apr. 173/1 When Father had been keeping his Decade-day, as he calls it—(for we had no Sundays now, though we did no work).

decade-ring n. a finger-ring having ten projections or knobs for counting the repetition of so many Aves.

ΚΠ

1861 C. W. King Antique Gems (1866) 296 The decade rings of medieval times..are readily known by their having ten projections like short cogs on their circumference, representing so many Aves, whilst the round head, engraved with I.H.S., stands for the Pater Noster.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	decade
释义	decaden. Brit. /ˈdɛkeɪd/, /dᵻˈkeɪd/, /ˈdɛkəd/, U.S. /ˈdɛˌkeɪd/, /dəˈkeɪd/, /ˈdɛkəd/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s decad. Etymology: < French decade (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin decas , decad-em , < Greek δεκάς , δεκάδα , a group of ten, < δέκα ten. Compare decad n. 1. a. An assemblage, group, set, or series of ten. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > ten > [noun] > group of ten tenOE tensome1563 decade1594 denary1615 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 81 Your subiectes must consist of Decades, whereof the first is a man, and the fifth a woman. 1612 R. Sheldon 1st Serm. after Conversion 41 Of which some bring into this Kingdome Decades of thousands. 1679 T. Pierce (title) A decad of Caveats to the people of England. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 265 Can we engage, not decads, but an host? 1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley III. xv. 298 His prisoners were divided into two decads. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xiv. 301 In two hours, our fervid innovator drew up that decade of propositions. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms at Beads 61 The practice of saying fifteen decades of the Ave Maria, with one Our Father after each decade, was invented by St. Dominic. b. (a) A set of resistors (or capacitors or inductors) connected so as to provide a resistance of any integral value between one and ten times the lowest at a single setting of a switch, etc.; a decade is usually one of several in a box which cover successive multiples of ten in value (so decade box, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > resistor high-frequency resistance1892 decade1911 voltage divider1930 bleeder resistance or resistor1935 resistor1947 1911 W. H. Timbie Elem. Electr. v. 121 (caption) Wheatstone bridge, ‘decade’ form. 1911 W. H. Timbie Elem. Electr. v. 121 The coils composing the variable resistance are arranged in such an ingenious way that 10 variations in value in each ‘decade’ or row are made by the use of only 4 coils. 1911 W. H. Timbie Elem. Electr. v. 122 One decade represents 1000-ohm steps, the next 100-ohm steps, etc. This gives a total range in the four decades of 9999 ohms, by one-ohm steps. 1952 F. E. Terman & J. M. Pettit Electronic Measurem. (ed. 2) xiv. 615 In grouping condensers together to form decade units, it is desirable to employ the smallest possible number of condensers. 1952 F. K. Harris Electr. Measurem. vii. 229 There may be ten 1-ohm coils for the unit decade, ten 10-ohm coils for the ten decade, etc. 1952 F. K. Harris Electr. Measurem. vii. 231 The switching arrangement most common in decade resistance boxes..is the rotary switch having brushes which bear on contact studs. (b) A set of ten electronic devices each used to represent a digit in the counting of pulses. So decade counter, decade system, etc. ΚΠ 1948 Sci. News 7 118 Each accumulator contains 10 decade counters and each decade counter 10 gadgets with the..name ‘flip-flop’. 1948 Sci. News 7 119 The ten flip-flops within a decade counter represent from left to right the digits 0 to 9, while the whole decade represents one place of a ten-digit number. 1952 Electronic Engin. 24 376 With a suitably larger power supply there is no limit to the number of decade units which can be used. 1958 Engineering 28 Mar. 389/3 The pulses are counted by a three decade system using multi-cathode discharge tubes which display in a digital form the measured voltage. 1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors viii. 88 The display for each decade consists of ten neon lamps arranged in a vertical column corresponding to the numbers 0 to 9. 2. spec. a. Short for ‘decade of years’; a period of ten years. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > decade decade1605 decennium1685 decennary1822 decenniad1864 tenner1866 decennial1889 1605 T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 121 So many tens or decads of yeares. 1709 J. Palmer Disc. Latter Day Glory 112 That Decad of Years in which the Empire ceased. 1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 296 The war..might still have continued for another decade of years. c1655 T. Dugard in S. Ashe Fun. Serm. (1655) 71 His smoother brow..made me hope that He might raise eight Decads to a Century.1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 19 In the second decad of the twelfth Century.1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 55 Since Averill was a decad and a half His elder.1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 1 The last decade of that century. b. A period of ten days, substituted for the week in the French Republican calendar of 1793. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > period of days in specific calendars quinzièmec1400 decade1798 1798 Anti-Jacobin 25 June 263/2 In the course of the next Decade I shall sail to the Canal which is now cutting across the Isthmus of Suez. 1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 71 Three decades make a month of thirty days. 3. A division of a literary work, containing ten books or parts; as the decades of Livy. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > main subdivision of large work > of book in ten parts decade1475 1475 Bk. Noblesse 53 I rede in the Romayns stories of Titus Livius, in the booke of the first decade. 1555 Eden (title) The Decades of the newe worlde or West India. 1594 (title) Diana: or the excellent conceitful Sonnets of H. C[onstable]..Deuided into viij Decads. 1651 I. Walton Life of Wotton in H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) sig. d5^v 'Tis the first Epistle in his Printed Decads. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 394 He was a blockhead, and burned Livy's decads. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 139 It is now as hopelessly lost as the second decade of Livy. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 726/1 [article Livy] The division into decades is certainly not due to the author himself, and is first heard of at the end of the 5th century. Compounds † decade-day n. Obsolete = décadi n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > in different calendars décadi1795 decade-day1798 1798 Anti-Jacobin 9 Apr. 173/1 When Father had been keeping his Decade-day, as he calls it—(for we had no Sundays now, though we did no work). decade-ring n. a finger-ring having ten projections or knobs for counting the repetition of so many Aves. ΚΠ 1861 C. W. King Antique Gems (1866) 296 The decade rings of medieval times..are readily known by their having ten projections like short cogs on their circumference, representing so many Aves, whilst the round head, engraved with I.H.S., stands for the Pater Noster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † decadedecaidv. Etymology: < Latin dēcadĕre decay v. Scottish. Obsolete. To fall down, fail. ΚΠ 15.. Aberdeen Reg. (Jamieson). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1475v.15..
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decaden.

Compounds

† decadedecaidv.