decuple

American  

[dek-yoo-puhl] / ˈdɛk yʊ pəl /

adjective

1. ten times as great; tenfold.

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noun

1. a tenfold quantity or multiple.

verb (used with object)

decupled, decupling

1. to make ten times as great.

decuple British  

/ ˈdɛkjʊpəl /

verb

1. (tr) to increase by ten times

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noun

1. an amount ten times as large as a given reference

adjective

1. increasing tenfold

Etymology

Origin of decuple

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin decuplus tenfold, equivalent to dec ( em ) ten + -uplus, as in quadruplus quadruple

Example Sentences

That would be a decuple bogey, 10 over par.

From Golf Digest

Decuple, dek′ū-pl, adj. tenfold.—n. a number ten times repeated.—v.t. to make tenfold.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor does it appear necessary to do more than mention the Pythagorean table of principles, the number of which is supposed to have given rise to the decuple arrangement adopted by Aristotle.

From Project Gutenberg

Therefore the whole uea, is the quintuple of the same ea: And the whole periphery is decuple unto it.

From Project Gutenberg

Subtract the greater from ten; And so oft do away þe lasse nounbre out of his owne decuple, þat is to say, fro þat nounbre þat is ten tymes so mych is þe nounbre þat comes of þe multiplicacioɳ.

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