December

de-sem'bgr, n. The 12th or last month in the year. [L., decern, ten, this having been the 10th month with the Romans, whose year began in March. See Decade and Ten.] — Decern'vir, -ver, n. E. pi. Decemvirs, -verz, L. pi. -viri, -vT-ri. One of 10 magistrates, who had absolute authority in ancient Rome. [L., fr. decern, and vir, a man.] — Decern'viral, -vT-ral, a. Pert, to, etc. — Deeem'virate, -rat, n. Office or term of office of, etc.; a body of 10 men in authority. — Decen'nary, -sen'na-rY, n. A period of 10 years. {Law.) A tithing consisting of 10 neighboring families. [L. ann us, a year.] — Decennial, -nT-al, a. Consisting of, or happening once in, etc. — Decillion, -sil'yun, n. A number consisting, by English notation, of a million involved to the 10th power, or with 00 ciphers annexed; by French or common notation, a you sand involved to the 11th power, or with 33 ciphers. See Numeration. [L. decern.'] — Decill'ionth, -yunth, a. Pert, to, etc.; preceded by a decillion le one. — n. The quotient of divided by, etc.; one of a decillion equal parts. — Decigram, des'T-gram, n. A decimal measure of weight equal to 1-10 of a gram, or 1.5438 grains Troy. [F. decigramme, L. decimus, tenth, decern, and — F. gramme: see Gram.] Deciliter, de-siK i-ter or des'T-le-tgr, n. A decimal measure of capacity = 1-10 liter = G.1028 cu. inches. [See Liter.] — Decimal, desr i-mal, a. Pert, to decimals: numbered or proceeding by tens. —n. A number expre ed in the scale of tens; decimal number; esp. decimal fraction. [OF., fr. L. decimus.] — Decimal fractions. Fractions whose denominator is some power of 10, as an