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Decan
/ˈdɛkən/
One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees.
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One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees.
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| decanatenoun | (Anglicanism) A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery. |
| dodecatemorynoun | (obsolete, astronomy) A twelfth, specifically each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac. |
| decilenoun | (statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency. |
| zodiacnoun | (astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region. |
| hexadecilenoun | (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets; a subset thus obtained. |
| domificationnoun | (astrology) The division of the heavens into twelve astrological houses; or a particular system for such division. |
| decadenoun | A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. |
| decanucleotidenoun | (genetics) A codon containing ten nucleotides. |
| septilenoun | (statistics) Any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into seven equally numerous subsets. |
| decadnoun | (music) A group of ten notes from which the consonant triads may be constructed |
| dekalogynoun | Alternative form of decalogy. [A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works.] |
| decalogynoun | A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. |
| octansnoun | (astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation. |
| quinarynoun | (astrology) Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac. |
| quindecilenoun | A fifteenth of a circle (24 degrees). |
| dectupleverb | Tenfold. |
| decarchynoun | (politics) A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men |
| deltanoun | A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water. |
| dodecadnoun | A group or set of twelve. |
| decalumennoun | A unit of luminous flux equal to ten lumens. |
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