Décima – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Decima
Decima can refer to:
- Decima (mythology), a goddess in Roman mythology and one of the Parcae (Fates)
- Décima, a type of poetic form with roots in Spanish literature
- Decima Research, a Canadian polling company
- Decima gallery, a London-based arts organisation
- The Latinized name of Deshima island off the Japanese coast, where a Dutch trading establishment was located during the empire's isolation
- A villainous organization on the CBS television series Person of Interest.
- An obsolete unit of length, proposed by Gabriel Mouton.
Décima
A
décima refers to a ten-line stanza of poetry, and the song form generally consists of forty-four lines (an introductory
four-verse stanza followed by four ten-line stanzas). It is also called "espinela," after its founder,
Vicente Espinel (1550–1624), a Spanish writer and musician of the
Siglo de Oro.
décimer
v.
decimate, destroy
decima
nf.
tithe, tenth part, tenth part of one's income paid as a tax for the support of religious institutions
decimare
v.
decimate, destroy a large part of
decimo
adj.
tenth, being one of 10 equal parts
décima
nf.
tenth
décimo
adj.
tenth, next after the ninth; being one of 10 equal parts
décimo
nm.
tenth, number 10 in a series; one part of ten equal parts, 1/10; tithe, tenth part; decile (Statistics), any one of 9 numbers that divide a frequency distribution into ten groups of equal frequency, ; any one of ten groups of equal frequency
décima
n.
tithe, tenth part
decimar
v.
decimate, tithe
décimo
adj.
tenth
