A decade is a set or a group of ten, commonly a period of 10 years in contemporary English, or a period of 10 days in the French Republican calendar. A year (from Old English gēr) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the Orbit of the Earth around the Sun English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar was a Calendar proposed during the French Revolution, and used by the French government The word is derived from the late Latin "decas", from Greek "dekas", from deka. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. In contemporary English, the word can be used to specify a general period of ten years, for example "The last decade was characterized by the rise of the Internet". The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks A decade may also be a well-defined historical period of ten years in a dating system. In that sense, the first decade of the 20th century indicates a period from January 1, 1901 until December 31, 1910.

See also

• List of decades

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