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单词 decim
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decimn.1

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin decima.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin decima decima n., with omission of the ending.
Obsolete. rare.
A tenth part, a tithe; cf. decima n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > ten > [noun] > a tenth
tenth part (deal, dole)854
tithingc1300
teindc1330
tithelingc1390
tentha1400
tithe?a1475
denary1577
decimal1610
point1616
decima1631
decimate1676
a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 19 It was so..in the best govern'd State [sc. Rome] which let out their portions and Decims to the Publicans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

decimn.2

Brit. /ˈdɛsɪm/, U.S. /ˈdɛsᵻm/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: decimetre n.
Etymology: Shortened < decimetre n., originally as a graphic abbreviation.In quot. 1844 rendering Dutch duim centimetre (1816 in this sense; now historical; already in Middle Dutch in sense ‘inch’: see thumb n.).
Now rare.
= decimetre n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > metre > the tenth part of a metre
decimetre1794
decim1810
1810 Retrospect Philos., Mech., Chem., & Agric. Discov. 5 156 It was therefore placed in a box of deal, and supported at the distance of a decim. (3.93702 in. Eng.) from all its sides.
1844 J. Macgregor Commerc. Statistics I. 874 The ell [of Holland] = 1 French metre, and subdivided into palms, decims, and streep: and multiplied into roede and mÿle.
1965 R. F. Steiner Chem. Found. Molecular Biol. v. 149 d is the path-length in decims.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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