decan
/dek-uhn/US // ˈdɛk ən //
癸烷,颓势,颓废,癸癸
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Astrology.
- : any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
Examples
A third of a sign, a "decan," was 10 degrees of longitude, corresponding to the "week" of ten days used in Egypt and in Greece.
In this country, in the kingdom of Adel Khan, and in the Decan, those diamonds are found which are called of the old water.
They bring it made into powder in tubes of cane; and it is worth a great deal in Narsinga, Malabar, and Decan.
These diamonds are gathered in the first India in a kingdom of Moors called Decan, and they carry them thence to all parts.
Thus there are at present four English renegadoes in the Decan, besides many Portuguese.
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