"decimation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/ [General-American, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decimation.wav Forms: decimations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin decimātiō, a punishment where every 10th man in a unit would be stoned to death by the men who were spared. Used by the Romans to keep order in their military. Compare septimation and vicesimation. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|decimātiō}} Latin decimātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} decimation (countable and uncountable, plural decimations)
  1. (Ancient Rome, strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot. Tags: Ancient-Rome, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Capital punishment, Ten Synonyms: tithing Translations (selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment): desimaatio (Finnish), αποδεκάτισμα (apodekátisma) [neuter] (Greek), десеткување (desetkuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), децимация (decimacija) [feminine] (Russian), decimering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-decimation-en-noun-oPNJiscY Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 54 3 27 4 12 Disambiguation of Ten: 23 11 23 17 27 Disambiguation of 'selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment': 72 1 8 9 10
  2. (generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ten Translations (killing or destruction of a large portion of a population): joukkotuho (Finnish), joukkosurma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-decimation-en-noun-ENlZkTD- Disambiguation of Ten: 23 11 23 17 27 Disambiguation of 'killing or destruction of a large portion of a population': 12 84 1 1 2
  3. A tithe or the act of tithing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ten
    Sense id: en-decimation-en-noun--U8WZVHu Disambiguation of Ten: 23 11 23 17 27
  4. (mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Ten
    Sense id: en-decimation-en-noun-YglD-Bdp Disambiguation of Ten: 23 11 23 17 27 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
    (signal processing) A digital signal-processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal; downsampling
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Signal processing, Ten Coordinate_terms (proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part): quintation (1, 5), septimation (1, 7), vicesimation (1, 20), tricesimation (1, 30), centesimation (1, 100) Translations (digital signal-processing technique): desimointi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-decimation-en-noun-nAGKrw77 Disambiguation of Ten: 23 11 23 17 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 4 19 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 9 5 12 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 7 6 23 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 3 19 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 13 8 15 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 9 6 17 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 30 11 6 12 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 14 6 14 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 12 6 13 57 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing Disambiguation of 'proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part': 23 18 11 14 34 Disambiguation of 'digital signal-processing technique': 4 4 2 6 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: decimate Translations (creation of a new sequence comprising every nth element of the original): desimointi (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'creation of a new sequence comprising every nth element of the original': 10 1 1 44 44

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      "word": "desimaatio"
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