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de·cen·ni·um

 (dĭ-sĕn′ē-əm)
n. pl. de·cen·ni·ums or de·cen·ni·a (-sĕn′ē-ə)
A period of ten years; a decade.
[Latin, from decennis, lasting for ten years : decem, ten; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots + annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]
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decennium

(dɪˈsɛnɪəm) or

decennary

n, pl -niums, -nia (-nɪə) or -naries
(Units) a less common word for decade1
[C17: from Latin, from decem ten + annus year]
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de•cen•ni•um

(dɪˈsɛn i əm)

n., pl. -cen•ni•ums, -cen•ni•a (-ˈsɛn i ə)
a period of ten years.
[1675–85; < Latin decenn(is) lasting ten years]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.decennium - a period of 10 years
decade, decennary
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
1900s - the decade from 1900 to 1909
1530s - the decade from 1530 to 1539
1920s, twenties - the decade from 1920 to 1929
1820s - the decade from 1820 to 1829
1930s, thirties - the decade from 1930 to 1939
1830s - the decade from 1830 to 1839
1940s, forties - the decade from 1940 to 1949
1840s - the decade from 1840 to 1849
1950s, fifties - the decade from 1950 to 1959
1850s - the decade from 1850 to 1859
1750s - the decade from 1750 to 1759
1960s, sixties - the decade from 1960 to 1969
1860s - the decade from 1860 to 1869
1760s - the decade from 1760 to 1769
1970s, seventies - the decade from 1970 to 1979
1870s - the decade from 1870 to 1879
1770s - the decade from 1770 to 1779
1980s, eighties - the decade from 1980 to 1989
1880s, eighties - the decade from 1880 to 1889
1780s - the decade from 1780 to 1789
1990s, nineties - the decade from 1990 to 1999
1890s, nineties - the decade from 1890 to 1899
1790s - the decade from 1790 to 1799
twelvemonth, year, yr - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
century - a period of 100 years
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However, over the past decennia the approach has changed.
Human Rights and the Tobacco Industry: An Unsuitable Alliance
Prominent debates about the relationships between EU law and domestic law have been numerous over the last decennia. Scholars need to take into account EU developments in their own administrative systems and bring them into an intellectual map.
The status of comparative administrative law: A comparison between French and Belgian legal education (1)
As a result of a major human exposure event in the 1920s, information on the delayed neurotoxicity of this compound has been gathered over the decennia. Other TCP's, in particular the other ortho-cresol-containing isomers, may have similar effects as ToCP, but the meta- and para-cresol containing isomers are generally considered less toxic (Henschler, 1958).
Exposure of airline staff to TCP'S from engine oil
The advent of the University throughout the decennia of the 13th century would mark the transformation of that space of knowledge once geographically and ideologically limited into a way towards knowledge--open, autonomous and marked by constant exchanges.
The medieval university and the ethos of knowledge: Franciscan friars, patristic tradition, and scholastic 'instruments'/A universidade medieval e o ethos do conhecimento: os frades Franciscanos, a tradicao patristica e o 'instrumental' da escolastica/La universidad medieval y el ethos del conocimiento: los frailes Franciscanos, la tradicion patristica y el 'instrumental' de la escolastica
Wat hedendaagse poezie over maatschappelijke issues te verteilen heeft, is niet wezenlijk anders dan wat poezie in de voorbije decennia te verteilen had.
Writing after auschwitz, after apartheid, after the digital turn/Schrijven na auschwitz, na apartheid, na de digital turn
On the other hand, Proximus has the best mobile network and Belgacom recently rebranded into Proximus (Proximus used to be the mobile brand) to regain much of the ground it had lost over the last decennia from Telenet.
If time is often of the essence in business, it is necessarily of the essence in regulation!
We have witnessed a notable change in consumer behavior over the last decennia, strongly influenced by mass culture and the availability of more information.
Reversible vending: features and world practice
I want to make this point by focusing on the European colonial elite travelling between the colony and its motherland in the first decennia of the twentieth century.
Objects, nostalgia and the Dutch colonial elite in times of transition, ca. 1900-1970
In the field of finance independent supervisors have been around for several decennia.
The new EU economic governance: vertical and horizontal power shifts
At the same time, it is limited to a few decennia, in the line of Skinner's (2002) position that it is more useful to study the discourse of a closely defined period than to study the evolution of concepts over a long time frame.
From tiger to house cat: the concept of creativity in Belgian Catholic education (1930-1980)
Prospective usage in blood-based testing has been one of the key criteria that guided most searches for the perfect disease biomarkers during the past decennia. Aside from a few early hits, such as CA125 and CEA, it does not appear that said IHC/MS approach has been much of a success (2), mainly because the complexity of the blood proteome precludes detection at the lowand sub-nanogram-per-milliliter levels without prefractionation of proteins or peptides.
Mass-encoded, synthetic biomarkers and multiplexed urinary monitoring: new frontiers in disease monitoring

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