decade

A period of ten years.

• We lived there for a decade.
• The town has grown over the past two decades.
• What will change in the next decade?

Similar words: ten years

Common phrases: a decade ago, over a decade, the next decade

An interval between two values where one is ten times the other.

• The frequency increased by one decade.
• Each decade on this scale represents a tenfold increase.
• The measured values span three decades, from one to one thousand.

Common phrases: one decade higher, a frequency decade, per decade increase