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Decalnouneither a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surfaceverified
Decalcomanianouneither a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surfaceverified
Decalescencenounphenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increaseverified
Decantationnounthe act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the leesverified
Decapodnouncrustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thoraxverified
Decapod CrustaceannounMWEcrustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thoraxverified
DecapsulationnounDecapsulation is the process of stripping off one layer's headers and passing the rest of the packet up to the next higher layer on the protocol stack.Process
Decarboxylationnounthe process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen)verified
Decentalisationnounthe social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districtsverified
Decentralisationnounthe dilution of power away from a central controller, often used with governmentsverified
DecentralizationnounThe process of distributing computer processing to different locations within an enterpriseProcess
DecertificationnounRevocation of the certification of an information system item or equipment for cause.EventRegulated
Deciduous PlantnounMWEa plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing seasonverified
Deciduous ToothnounMWEone of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)verified
Decilenoun(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scoresverified
Decimal NotationnounMWEany notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)verified
Decimal Number SystemnounMWEa positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of tenverified
Decimal Numeration SystemnounMWEa positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of tenverified
Decimal SystemnounMWEa positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of tenverified
Decimal System of ClassificationnounMWEa system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categoriesverified
Decimationnoundestroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)verified
Decision PointnounMWEA point within a business process where the process flow can take one of several alternative paths, including recursive.Artifact
Decision Support SystemnounMWEa computer program application used to improve a company's decision-making capabilities. It analyzes large amounts of data and presents an organization with the best possible options available[; they] bring together data and knowledge from different areas and sources to provide users with information beyond the usual reports and summaries. This is intended to help people make informed decisions.Capability
Decision TreenounMWETree‐structure resembling a flowchart, where every node represents a test to an attribute, each branch represents the possible outcomes of that test, and the leaves represent the class labels.Artifact
decision-makingnounThe action or process of reaching important conclusions or resolutions after consideration; action or process of making important decisions.Process
Decklenounrough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paperverified
Deckle EdgenounMWErough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paperverified
Declamationnounrecitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoricverified
Declarationnoun(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must makeverified
Declaration of Estimated TaxnounMWEreturn required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the yearverified
Declarative MoodnounMWEa mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective factverified
Declarernounthe bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumpsverified
Declassificationnounreduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weaponverified
Declensionnouna class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional formsverified
Declinationnoun(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equatorverified