decasecond
/ˈdɛkəsɛkənd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond"
- "Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second"
- "1968, Title: Narrow-Band Decasecond Emissions from Jupiter Authors: Riihimaa, JJ Journal: Astrophysical Letters, Vol. 2, p.59 Publication Date: 00/1968 Origin: ... http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968ApL.....2...59R methods for electrostimulating two neocortical zones Excerpt: Changes in the oscillations of the decasecond and minute waves of superslow activity in the 0 to 1 Hz range were compared using various techniques for electrostimulating neocortical zones in rabbits with gold electrodes chronically implanted in structures of the ... Publication: Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology Authors: Yu. S. Borodkin, I. A. Lapina, Yu. L. Gogolitsyn Publisher: Springer New York Issue: Volume 14, Number 5 Pages: 373 - 379"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- English second English decasecond From deca- + second.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈdɛkəsɛkənd/
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
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