Decima

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tenth part; a tithe or tax of one tenth.
  • noun. In music: An interval of ten diatonic degrees, being an octave and a third.
  • noun. An organ-stop whose pipes sound a tenth above the keys struck.
  • noun. A Spanish money: the tenth of a real vellon, or about 5 cents in United States money.
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    "African-Peruvians also took to a poetic style known as decima, a form which was exemplified in the work of Afro-Peruvian poet Nicomedes Santa Cruz."
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