multidecadal

multidecadal

English

Alternative forms

  • multi-decadal

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English decade
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English decadal
English multidecadal

    From multi- + decadal.

    Adjective

    multidecadal (not comparable)

    1. Involving multiple decades
    2. Lasting or spanning multiple decades
      • 2014, W. Henry Lambright, Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration, →ISBN:
        But distributed big science in this case consists of missions (also called projects) that make up an extended, multidecadal program of exploration
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