decad

/หˆdษ›kรฆd/

IPA: /D IY1 K AE0 D/

noun
  1. 1

    A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:

    โ€œa decade of soldiersโ€

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

    โ€œThere are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.โ€

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