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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "creation of a new sequence comprising every nth element of the original",
"word": "desimointi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "digital signal-processing technique",
"word": "desimointi"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Decimation (punishment)"
],
"word": "decimation"
}
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