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Decade : (noun)
1: a period of 10 years [syn: decennary, decennium]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the
base of the decimal system [syn: ten, 10, X, tenner]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Decade : \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d['e]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. ?,
fr. de`ka ten. See Ten.]
A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a
decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of
soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also decad.]
During this notable decade of years. --Gladstone.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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