Associations to the word «Dec»

Wiktionary

DEC, proper noun. Alternative spelling of Dec.
DEC, abbreviation. (cricket) declared
DEC, abbreviation. (programming) decrement
DEC, abbreviation. (knitting) decrease
DEC, abbreviation. Diethylcarbamazine
DEC, abbreviation. Digital Equipment Corporation, a defunct American computer and technology company.

Dictionary definition

DEC, noun. The last (12th) month of the year.
DEC, noun. (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope