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Decimalism
- - The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.
Decimalize
- verb - change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000"
- change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the currency in 1975"
Decimating
- verb - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
- kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
Decimation
- noun - destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
Decivilize
- - To reduce from civilization to a savage state.
Dedicating
- verb - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents"
- open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"
- set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
Dedication
- noun - a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
- a message that makes a pledge
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- Commitment
- complete and wholehearted fidelity
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
Defilading
- - The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.
Definition
- noun - a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
- clarity of outline; "exercise had given his muscles superior definition"
Definitive
- adjective - clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney
- of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"
- supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"