dec

1. 1.

   the last (12th) month of the year

   SynonymsDecember

   BroaderGregorian calendar month

   Part ofGregorian calendar

   PartsNew Year's EveChristmasmid-December
2. 2.

   (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

   Synonymsdeclinationcelestial latitude

   Broaderangular distance

   astronomy

Other forms of dec

plural

decs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dec

What does dec mean?

dec means "the last (12th) month of the year". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dec?

dec has 1 syllable: dec. In IPA it is /ˈdɛk/.

What is another word for dec?

Close synonyms include December, declination, celestial latitude. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dec a common word?

dec is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dec?

3 words rhyme with dec. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.