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Definition of Decimating
1. decimate [v] - See also: decimate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decimating
Literary usage of Decimating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain by Edmund Burke (1790)
"After this we mould have looked for courts civil and martial; breaking of fome
corps, decimating others, and all the terrible means which ..."
2. Higher Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of High Schools, Academies, and Colleges by George Roberts Perkings (1841)
"There is another way of decimating, which is as follows : Decimate v\. ...
decimating J by the above plan we get i=0.248 16 32 64 128 256 &c. ..."
3. Higher Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of High Schools, Academies, and by George Roberts Perkins (1850)
"There is another way of decimating, which is as follows: Decimate fy. According to
rule under Art. 42, we find, 97)100(0-01 97 3 To continue this process, ..."
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