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| Noun | 1. |  Dec - the last (12th) month of the year Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 December 31, New Year's Eve - the last day of the year Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas, Christmas - a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar mid-December - the middle part of December |
| 2. | dec - (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 astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole angular distance - the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer; "he recorded angular distances between the stars" |
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written abbr Dec
December. Des. (Desember) شَهْر كانون ثانٍ съкращение от декември prosinec dec. der Dezember Δεκέμβριος (συντομογρ.) diciembre dets (lühend sõnast detsember) دسامبر joulukuu décembre דֶּצמבֵּר दिसम्बर Pro december, dec. Des dic. 十二月 12월 gruodis decembris disember dec., december desember grudz. декабрь december december decembar december ธันวาคม Aralık 十二月(書面語縮寫式) грудень دسمبر کا اختصار tháng mười hai 十二月（书面语缩写式）
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