@NineMileTower to [email protected] • 2 months agoWhat do you secretly judge people for?message-square354arrow-up1162arrow-down10
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minus-square@pyrelink2•2 months agoexactly. plus it makes sense, there’s no reason why decimate can’t mean reduce to one tenth.
minus-square@Huginlink1•2 months agoIt’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.
exactly. plus it makes sense, there’s no reason why decimate can’t mean reduce to one tenth.
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.
maybe you misread my comment. I already said 1/10.