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decan

/dek-uhn/US // ˈdɛk ən //

癸烷,颓势,颓废,癸癸

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Astrology.

    • : any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.

Examples

  • A third of a sign, a "decan," was 10 degrees of longitude, corresponding to the "week" of ten days used in Egypt and in Greece.

  • In this country, in the kingdom of Adel Khan, and in the Decan, those diamonds are found which are called of the old water.

  • They bring it made into powder in tubes of cane; and it is worth a great deal in Narsinga, Malabar, and Decan.

  • These diamonds are gathered in the first India in a kingdom of Moors called Decan, and they carry them thence to all parts.

  • Thus there are at present four English renegadoes in the Decan, besides many Portuguese.

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