Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decade
n 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}]
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