@[email protected] to [email protected] • 6 months agoWhat do you secretly judge people for?message-square349fedilinkarrow-up1160
arrow-up1160message-squareWhat do you secretly judge people for?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square349fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoexactly. plus it makes sense, there’s no reason why decimate can’t mean reduce to one tenth.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agomaybe you misread my comment. I already said 1/10.
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.