Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to tens; reckoning by tens; proceeding by or based on tens: as, the decadic system of numbers.
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- adjective of or relating to a
decimal system - adjective mathematics to the base
ten
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since this **d fails inspection, some resort to an alternative *h₁ to account for lengthening in Greek and Latin decadic compounds.
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For example, since in Latin we have quadrāgintā '40', it's presumed that the first long vowel that precedes the decadic ending -gintā is from a lost *d.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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So when also comparing Late Etruscan śealχ with the Lemnian root sialχv- present on the Lemnos Stele sialχveiś 'of sixty', we may postulate earlier *śa-i-alχu, showing clearly an intrusive glide between the terminating vowel of the root and the initial vowel of the decadic ending.
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Yes, while the ending is obviously related to the attested decadic endings in other IE languages, this small change is unexpected.
Something that bugs me about Indo-European's higher decads 2008
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Eventually, the assimilation would spread like wildfire across all decadic numeral terms.
Something that bugs me about Indo-European's higher decads 2008
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For example, since in Latin we have quadrāgintā '40', it's presumed that the first long vowel that precedes the decadic ending -gintā is from a lost *d.
Something that bugs me about Indo-European's higher decads 2008
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So when also comparing Late Etruscan śealχ with the Lemnian root sialχv- present on the Lemnos Stele sialχveiś 'of sixty', we may postulate earlier *śa-i-alχu, showing clearly an intrusive glide between the terminating vowel of the root and the initial vowel of the decadic ending.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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First off, Germanic *handuz 'hand' is certainly not built on a decadic suffix, *-kont-.
Something that bugs me about Indo-European's higher decads 2008
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Negative decadic log of hydrogen ions or proton concentration ppb
Chapter 32 1993
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Table 2: Calculation of the 10, 50, 100, 200 and 1000 - yearly flood discharge for an observation series of 34 years acc. to the DVWK recommendation in tabulated form (example gauge Betzdorf/Federal Republic of Germany). y decadic logarithms of observation values, N extent of data set, HQ max. annual discharges in m³/s, period of observation: 34 years.
Chapter 9 1989
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