decimate

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

decimates

V_ing/Gerund

decimating

V_ed/pp

decimated

1.
(archaic)To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
God sometimes decimates or tithes delinquent persons, and they died for a common crime, according as God hath cast their lot in the decrees of predestination.
Đồng nghĩa: tithe
2.
To destroy or remove one-tenth of (something).
3.
(broadly)(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
Um, some sort of power overload. I'm afraid it decimated your breakfast.
4.
(obsolete)To exact a tithe or other 10% tax.
5.
(obsolete, rare)To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
6.
(obsolete)To divide into tenths; to decimalize.
7.
(proscribed)To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of (something).
8.
(computer graphics) To replace (a high-resolution model) with another of lower but acceptable quality. (Usually algorithmically)
A decimate tool allows us to obtain a more coarse-grained view of the data over the full n-dimensional space.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

decimates

1.
(obsolete)A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
2.
(obsolete)A tenth of something.
3.
(obsolete)A set of ten items.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

tithe decimalize devastate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

undecimatedredecimatedecimater,decimatordecimatingquintatedecimation

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Nguồn gốc từ

The verb is first attested in 1591, the noun in 1641; Latin decimātus, perfect passive participle of decimō (to kill one tenth; to tithe) (see, from -ate and -ate), from decimus (tenth) + -ō. As a noun, via Latin decimatus (tithing area; tithing rights).