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Decade
A decade is a unit of time equal to 10 years. It is commonly used to group years for historical, cultural, or demographic purposes, often to refer to a specific period of time in history or for organizing time-related events.
The term "decade" comes from the Greek word "dekas", meaning ten. The concept of dividing time into groups of 10 years has been used since ancient times, particularly in the Greek and Roman cultures. However, the use of the term "decade" to represent a group of 10 years became more standardized in the modern era, especially as the study of history, economics, and other social sciences increasingly used decades to analyze long-term trends and developments. The term is now widely used in the 20th and 21st centuries to categorize time periods for cultural, historical, and generational analysis, such as "the 1980s" or "the first decade of the 2000s."
Year
A year is a unit of time equal to the duration of one complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun. In the Gregorian calendar, which is the most widely used calendar system, a year consists of 365 days, or 366 days in a leap year (every 4 years), to account for the additional 0.2425 days in the Earth's orbital period.
The concept of a year is tied to the Earth's revolution around the Sun, which takes approximately 365.2425 days. Early civilizations, such as the Babylonians and Egyptians, recognized the annual cycle of seasons and developed calendar systems based on the Earth's orbit. The Julian calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE, divided the year into 12 months and established a leap year every 4 years. However, the Julian year was slightly too long, so the Gregorian calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, corrected this by shortening the average year to 365.2425 days, and refined the leap year rule to keep the calendar year in sync with the solar year. This calendar system is now the global standard.
Convert Decade to other time-converter units
1 Decade = 315576000 Second
1 Decade = 315576000000 Millisecond
1 Decade = 315575999999999 Microsecond
1 Decade = 315575999999999040 Nanosecond
1 Decade = 315575999999999100000 Picosecond
1 Decade = 5259600 Minute
1 Decade = 87660 Hour
1 Decade = 3652.5 Day
1 Decade = 521.78571429 Week
1 Decade = 120.08219178 Month
1 Decade = 10 Year
1 Decade = 1 Decade
1 Decade = 0.1 Century
1 Decade = 0.01 Millennium