decan

See also: Decan, décan, and Decán

English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkən/
• Rhymes: -ɛkən

Noun

decan (plural decans)

1. (Egyptology, astrology) One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees.

Etymology 2

de- +‎ can

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.kæn/

Verb

decan (third-person singular simple present decans, present participle decanning, simple past and past participle decanned)

1. To remove (something, especially nuclear reactor fuel) from a can or similar protective enclosure, cladding, etc.
   • 1962, American Nuclear Society, Hot Laboratory Division, Winter Meeting, Proceedings of the tenth Conference on Hot Laboratories and Equipment:

     (4) The time required to decan the elements should be minimized due to the highly reactive nature of the exposed fuel even in the inert atmosphere of the cell. Remote Repair. The decanning machine is to be remotely operated, [...]

   • 1965, Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Reactor Development Program Progress Report:

     A machine to decan the blanket elements contained in the core, outer, and inner blanket subassemblies is being designed. The machine will consist of transfer magazines, a cutting unit, an ejector unit and a sampling unit.

   • 1996, Journal of Engineering for Industry:

     Can Design for Nonisothermal Pancake Forging of Gamma Titanium Aluminide Alloys
     The design of cans to produce [...]. After decanning, the pancakes revealed "flaky" and sporadically cracked flat surfaces, noticeable dead metal zones at the [...]

   • 2011, Frank Crundwell, Michael Moats, Venkoba Ramachandran, Timothy Robinson, W. G. Davenport, Extractive Metallurgy of Nickel, Cobalt and Platinum Group Metals, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 539:

     (a) collecting end-of-use automobiles; (b) dismantling them into major components, including batteries and catalytic converters; (c) decanning the converters by shearing the cans crossways into two halves; (d) [...]

Anagrams

• Caden, Dance, acned, caned, dance

Esperanto

Adjective

decan

1. accusative singular of deca

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *dōkijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

dēċan

1. to smear, daub

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	dēċan	dēċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	dēċe	dēcte
second person singular	dēċest, dēcst	dēctest
third person singular	dēċeþ, dēcþ	dēcte
plural	dēċaþ	dēcton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	dēċe	dēcte
plural	dēċen	dēcten
imperative
singular	dēċ
plural	dēċaþ
participle	present	past
	dēċende	(ġe)dēċed

Derived terms

• ġedēċan

Descendants

• Middle English: dechen, deche
  • English: deech, ditch

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *dekan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.kɑn/

Noun

decan m

1. one in charge of ten monks

Declension

Declension of decan (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	decan	decanas
accusative	decan	decanas
genitive	decanes	decana
dative	decane	decanum

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decanus or German Dekan.

Noun

decan m (plural decani)

1. dean

Declension

Declension of decan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) decan	decanul	(niște) decani	decanii
genitive/dative	(unui) decan	decanului	(unor) decani	decanilor
vocative	decanule		decanilor