Talk:Decade
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- 109 years - aeon – 106 years - eon – 103 years - millennium – 102 years - century – 101 years - decade – 100 years - year
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- deka-annum/deca-annum/decka-annum (Da/da/daa/dka) - 10e1 years (annum)
- annum (a) - kilo-annum (ka) - mega-annum (Ma) - giga-annum (Ga)
[edit] 0 to 9 or 1 to 0?
"In that sense, the first decade of the 20th century indicates a period from January 1, 1900 until December 31, 1909."
But the 20th century began in 1901. So surely the first decade of the 20th century is 1901 to 1910.
To put it differently, it's the 191st decade. Now we're in the 201st decade, which goes from 2001 to 2010. Of course, this means that pluralised multiples of 10 aren't calendar decades ... though I suppose you could call the 1990s the 199.9th decade.... -- Smjg 00:43, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Well I think that a Decade like the ‘Nineties’ is from 1990 to 1999, and do not think that 1990 is still in the 1980s! Websters Twentieth Century Dictionary says of the thirties: the years from thirty through thirtynine (of a century or a person’s age). Similarly the Concise Oxford Dictionary: fifty (in pl) numbers etc, esp years of a century or life, from 50 to 59
- PS: they both define Decade as ten years, or a group of ten (see below re the Netherlands, ie decade is not used for ten days in English) Hugo999 (talk) 13:22, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 10 days or 10 years?
In the Netherlands, a decade means 10 days, and a decennium means 10 years. The Dutch Wikipage says that a decade meaning 10 years, is in fact wrong. What is the true meaning of ab decade, and who is right? --Robster1983 16:17, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] decade
decade means that somebody is lower in something than somebody else —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.224.177.110 (talk) 23:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
