decimation vs tithing

decimation

noun
  • A tithe or the act of tithing. 

  • 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. 

  • The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population. 

  • The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot. 

tithing

noun
  • The collection of tithes. 

  • The payment of tithes. 

  • A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory. 

  • Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe-proctor). 

  • The tithe given as an offering to the church. 

  • A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior. 

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