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decempedal

decempedal adjective: ten feet in length or height.

Adjective

decempedal (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Ten feet in length or height.
    • It is well known that in classical times in Asia, measurements were made by original Stadia of six hundred feet (i.e., 400 sesquipedales cubits), whatever the foot might be, this representing 60 decempedal rods.1889, Archaeological Review, volume 3

Origin of decempedal

From Latin decem (“ten”) + pes (“foot”) + -al. By surface analysis, decem- + -pedal.

Questions about decempedal

What does decempedal mean?
Decempedal means ten feet in length or height.
What part of speech is decempedal?
Decempedal is an adjective.

Words near decempedal in the dictionary

  1. decementing
  2. decements
  3. decemfid
  4. decemlocular
  5. decempartite
  6. decempedal
  7. decemplex
  8. decemplicate
  9. decemuir
  10. decemuiri
  11. decemuirs

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