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decimation

decimation · decimations

децимация

The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lotThe killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.

/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/

» The army suffered a terrible decimation.

Значение

значений: 5

(Ancient Rome, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
децимацияdecimacija
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
destroying or killing a large part of the population
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A tithe or the act of tithing.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A digital signal-processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal; downsampling

Примеры

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The army suffered a terrible decimation.
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The disease caused the decimation of the population.
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Переводы

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selection of every tenth person for death or other punishment:

Происхождение

Borrowed from Latin decimātiō, a punishment where every 10th man in a unit would be stoned

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.

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