Definisjon av decimation

Vi fant 6 definisjoner av decimationengelsk.

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Noun

decimation - destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
destruction, devastation the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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Substantiv

decimation - The killing or destruction of a large portion of a population.
decimation - A tithing.
decimation - A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
decimation - The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of the original sequence.
decimation - A digital signal processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal.

Substantiv

  • Entall: decimation
  • Flertall: decimations

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