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The term decimation was first used in English to mean a tax of one-tenth (or tithe). Through a process of semantic change starting in the 17th century, the word evolved to refer to any extreme reduction in the number of a population or force, or an overall sense of destruction and ruin, not strictly in the punitive sense or to a reduction by ...
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The term "decimated" is a horrifying one, and evidently is sufficiently horrifying to satisfy many otherwise well-informed writers, so WP desperately needs to deprecate, and otherwise counter, its vague use:
The purpose of the anti-aliasing filter is to ensure that the reduced periodicity does not create overlap. The condition that ensures the copies of X ( f ) do not overlap each other is: B < 0.5 T ⋅ 1 M , {\displaystyle B<{\tfrac {0.5}{T}}\cdot {\tfrac {1}{M}},} so that is the maximum cutoff frequency of an ideal anti-aliasing filter.
Yimakh shemo (Hebrew: יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ, romanized: yīmmaḥ šəmō, lit. 'may his name be erased') is a Hebrew curse placed after the name of particular enemies of the Jewish people. [1]
Decimus (/ ˈ d ɛ s ɪ m ə s / DESS-im-əs, Classical Latin: [ˈdɛkɪmʊs]), very rarely feminine Decima, is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, usually abbreviated D. Although never especially common, Decimus was used throughout Roman history from the earliest times to the end of the Western Empire and beyond, surviving into modern times. [1]
One account described how they were decimated by the combined forces of Russian artillery and cuirassiers after bearing the brunt of cavalry charges. [6] After this period, the quality of the French voltigeurs declined as the new units lacked the experience and training to set them apart from their "non-elite" compatriots in the regular light ...
The Sumero-Akkadian name for Jerusalem, uru-salim, [12] is variously etymologised to mean "foundation of [or: by] the god Shalim": from West Semitic yrw, ‘to found, to lay a cornerstone’, and Shalim, the Canaanite god of the setting sun and the nether world, as well as of health and perfection. [13]