decan

noun

1. One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees.

verb

1. To remove (something, especially nuclear reactor fuel) from a can or similar protective enclosure, cladding, etc.

   “(4) The time required to decan the elements should be minimized due to the highly reactive nature of the exposed fuel even in the inert atmosphere of the cell. Remote Repair. The decanning machine is to be remotely operated, [...]”

   “A machine to decan the blanket elements contained in the core, outer, and inner blanket subassemblies is being designed. The machine will consist of transfer magazines, a cutting unit, an ejector unit and a sampling unit.”

   “Can Design for Nonisothermal Pancake Forging of Gamma Titanium Aluminide Alloys The design of cans to produce [...]. After decanning, the pancakes revealed "flaky" and sporadically cracked flat surfaces, noticeable dead metal zones at the [...]”

   “(a) collecting end-of-use automobiles; (b) dismantling them into major components, including batteries and catalytic converters; (c) decanning the converters by shearing the cans crossways into two halves; (d) [...]”

name

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Deccan.