NineMileTower@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 days agoWhat do you secretly judge people for?message-squaremessage-square350fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down10
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you secretly judge people for?NineMileTower@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 days agomessage-square350fedilink
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoexactly. plus it makes sense, there’s no reason why decimate can’t mean reduce to one tenth.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days 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-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days 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.