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decimation

Übersetzungen

decimationsubstantiv

decimations

Pl.

The decimation of the forest has led to a loss of biodiversity.

Уничтожение леса привело к потере биоразнообразия.

The decimation of the local wildlife was a result of illegal hunting.

Истребление местной дикой природы стало результатом незаконной охоты.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

Synonyme

decimationsubstantiv

The act of destroying or killing a large part of a group or population.

The decimation of the forest due to logging has had severe environmental impacts.

A drastic reduction in the number or strength of something.

The company faced a decimation of its workforce after the economic downturn.

In historical context, a form of military discipline used by the Roman army, where one in every ten soldiers was executed.

The Roman legion faced decimation as punishment for their cowardice in battle.

In digital signal processing, the reduction of the sampling rate of a signal by an integer factor (commonly by ten).

The audio engineer applied decimation to lower the file’s sampling rate from 192 kHz to 48 kHz.