• @pyre
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    22 months ago

    exactly. plus it makes sense, there’s no reason why decimate can’t mean reduce to one tenth.

    • @Hugin
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      12 months ago

      It’s right there in the word. deci 1/10 mate from matus to remove. It’s like expecting half price to mean 1/3 price. We use deci all the time to mean 1/10 Decileter, decimal, etc.

      • @pyre
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        12 months ago

        maybe you misread my comment. I already said 1/10.