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something , half / haf/ • n. (pl. halves / havz/ ) either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided: the northern half of the… Decadence , Decadence was an artistic current that flourished in Europe at the turn of the century, primarily in France and Britain; it was most often expressed… hemi- , hemi-. Greek word meaning ‘half’. It prefixes other words in architectural terminology. Examples include:hemi-cycle: semicircular room, part of a roo… Decade , decade •abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade… Half-life , The half-life of a diminishing substance is the time it takes for the amount of substance present to go halfway from some initial value to zero. It i… century , cen·tu·ry / ˈsench(ə)rē/ • n. (pl. -ries) 1. a period of one hundred years: a century ago most people walked to work. ∎ a period of one hundred years…
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