The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
A digital signal-processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal; downsampling
The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
A tithe or the act of tithing.
The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.