dec

variant of deca- before a vowel: decathlon.

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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(in prescriptions) pour off. Origin:
< Latin dēcantā.

Music. decrescendo.

noun

the twelfth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Dec.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English decembre < Old French < Latin december (stem decembr-) the tenth month of the early Roman year, apparently < *dec(em)-membri-, equivalent to decem ten + *-membri- < mens- month + -ri- suffix (with -sr- > -br- and assimilation of nasal)

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Dec

—*abbreviation for*
	December

dec.

—*abbreviation for*
1.	deceased
2.	music decrescendo

deca-, deka-, dec- or dek-

—*prefix*
	denoting ten: decagon. In conjunction with scientific units the symbol da is used

[from Greek deka]

deka-, deka-, dec- or dek-

—*prefix*

[from Greek deka]

dec-, deka-, dec- or dek-

—*prefix*

[from Greek deka]

dek-, deka-, dec- or dek-

—*prefix*

[from Greek deka]

December (dɪˈsɛmbə)

—n
	the twelfth and last month of the year, consisting of 31 days

[C13: from Old French decembre, from Latin december the tenth month (the Roman year originally began with March), from decem ten]

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Word Origin & History

December

c.1000, from O.Fr. decembre, from L. December, from decem "ten" (see ten); tenth month of the old Roman calendar, which began with March. The -ber in four L. month names is probably from -bris, an adjectival suffix. Tucker thinks that the first five months were named for their

positions in the agricultural cycle, and "after the gathering in of the crops, the months were merely numbered."

If the word contains an element related to mensis, we must assume a *decemo-membris (from *-mensris). October must then be by analogy from a false division Sep-tem-ber &c. Perhaps, however, from *de-cem(o)-mr-is, i.e. "forming the tenth part or division," from *mer- ..., while October = *octuo-mr-is. [T.G. Tucker, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin"]

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Slang Dictionary

des definition

[dis]
and dec

n.
December. (Securities markets. Futures and options trading.) : The bean futures for des fell out of bed yesterday. , Sell the aks and buy the des.

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DEC definition

Digital Equipment Corporation

dec definition

programming
/dek/ decrement, decrease by one. Especially used by assembly language programmers, as many assembly languages have a "dec" mnemonic.
Opposite: inc.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms

dec
decoration

dec.