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Cardinal: ten Ordinal: tenth Latinate ordinal: denary Adverbial: ten times Multiplier: tenfold Latinate multiplier: decuple Germanic collective: tensome Collective of n parts: decuplet Greek or Latinate collective: decad, decade Metric collective prefix: deca- Greek collective prefix: deca- Latinate collective prefix: deca- Fractional: tenth Metric fractional prefix: deci- Elemental: decuplet Greek prefix: decato- Number of musicians: decet Number of years: decade, decennium |
Etymology
From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
decuple (not comparable)
Derived terms
Related terms
- decemplex, dectuple (10)
- undecuple (11)
- duodecuple (12)
- tredecuple (13)
- quattuordecuple (14)
Translations
tenfold — see tenfold
Noun
decuple (plural decuples)
- An amount multiplied by ten.
- 1842, Jacob Reese Eckfeldt with William Ewing Du Bois, A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations, struck within ..., page 89:
- The gold coin of the law of 1818 is of four denominations; the decuple of 30 ducats, the half-decuple, ...
Verb
decuple (third-person singular simple present decuples, present participle decupling, simple past and past participle decupled)
- To multiply by ten.
- 1903, Henry James, The Ambassadors[1]:
- They were in communication as they had been, that first morning, in Sarah's salon and in her presence and Mme. de Vionnet's; and the same recognition of a great goodwill was again, after all, possible. Only the amount of response Waymarsh had then taken for granted was doubled, decupled now.
- 1993, JPRS Report: Science & Technology:
- “This assistance method makes it possible to at least double—and in some cases decuple—the life of the tool, or to boost productivity,” says Alain Cornier, head of ENSAM’s production, research, and development department.
- 2004, Mark Collier with Stephen Quirke and Annette Imhausen, The UCL Lahun papyri: religious, literary, legal, mathematical and ..., volume 1209:
- The multiplications on this fragment show four of the basic techniques used by the Egyptian scribe in performing calculations: doubling, halving, decupling, and "taking two-thirds".
- 2019, Inquisitr:
- The hefty price tag has more than decupled since he originally purchased the estate back in 2009.
- 2020 January 20, Dessa-nin Ewèdew Awesso, “Blockchain in Disaster Relief – Catastrophe Bonds and Crypto Donations”, in Blockchain Land[3], The Blockchain Group:
- Therefore, the use of smart contract decuples the speed of the insurer intervention, and consequently increase the resilience of the insured.
- 2022 January 31, Bruno Cooke, The Focus[6], archived from the original on 8 August 2022:
- Trillionaire Thugs NFT price decuples in three days: Here’s what’s next
- 2022 May 16, “AI initiatives in Turkey decupled in 5 years: Expert”, in Hürriyet Daily News[7]:
- The number of initiatives on artificial intelligence (AI) has decupled in the last five years in Turkey, an expert has said.
Related terms
Translations
tenfold — see tenfold
References
- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
- ^ “decuple”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Anagrams
Italian
Adjective
decuple f
Latin
Adjective
decuple
Spanish
Verb
decuple
- inflection of decuplar:
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