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- What did decimation mean?
- What is decimation and interpolation?
- What is an example of decimate?
- Why did the Romans use decimation?
What did decimation mean?
decimation (countable and uncountable, plural decimations) (strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot. quotations ▼ (generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
What is decimation and interpolation?
Decimation and interpolation are the two basic building blocks in the multirate digital signal processing systems. The decimator is utilized to decrease the sampling rate and interpolator to increase the sampling rate.
What is an example of decimate?
to kill or destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague. to greatly reduce in number or amount: From 1975-1981, our country was not driving the space exploration agenda, and our aerospace workforce was decimated.
Why did the Romans use decimation?
The discipline was used by senior commanders in the Roman army to punish units or large groups guilty of capital offences, such as cowardice, mutiny, desertion, and insubordination, and for pacification of rebellious legions.
