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Webster 1828 Edition

Noun.

[Gr., ten and measure.] A French measure of length, consisting of ten meters, and equal to 393 English inches, and 71 decimals.

DECAMP', v.i. To remove or depart from a camp; to march off; as, the army decamped at six o'clock.

DECAMP'MENT, n. Departure from a camp; a marching off.

DEC'ANAL, a. Pertaining to a deanery.

DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens.

See also: deca-meter

decameter ‎(plural decameters)

decametre — see decametre