📖 Definitions of "Decad"
noun
- 1
A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
"a decade of soldiers"
- 2
A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.
- 3
The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.
"There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Decad"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| decadationnoun | (music) The modification of a decad, typically to obtain a new series of consonant triads |
| heptadecadnoun | (music) A group of seven decads arranged to produce twenty-four tones |
| decachordnoun | A musical instrument mentioned in the Psalms, having ten strings and thought to resemble a lute or psaltery. |
| duodecetnoun | (music) A group of twelve musicians; a piece of music written for such a group |
| decetnoun | (music) A group of ten musicians; a piece of music written for such a group |
| duodenenoun | (music) A schematic group of twelve notes. |
| quindecimanoun | (music) The interval of a fifteenth, a double octave. |
| undecetnoun | (music) A group of eleven musicians; a piece of music written for such a group |
| decupletnoun | A group of ten, particularly |
| decimanoun | (Roman mythology) One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis. |
| triadnoun | A grouping of three. |
| tetrachordnoun | (music) Any set of four different pitch classes. |
| dodecupletnoun | (music) A group of twelve notes, typically to be played in place of eight. |
| decachordonnoun | (music) Synonym of decachord. |
| tridiapasonnoun | (music, historical) A triple octave, or twenty-second. |
| duodecaphonynoun | Alternative spelling of dodecaphony. [(music) Twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.] |
| zehnbeinnoun | (mathematics, physics) Synonym of decad (group of ten) |
| dodecadnoun | A group or set of twelve. |
| dodecaphonismnoun | (music) Synonym of dodecaphony. |
| undecupletnoun | (music) A group of eleven notes, typically to be played in place of eight. |
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