decuple

[ dek-yoo-puhl ]

adjective

1. ten times as great; tenfold.

noun

1. a tenfold quantity or multiple.

verb (used with object)

, dec·u·pled, dec·u·pling.

1. to make ten times as great.

decuple

/ ˈdɛkjʊpəl /

verb

1. tr to increase by ten times

noun

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

adjective

1. increasing tenfold

Word History and Origins

Origin of decuple¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of decuple¹

C15: from Old French, from Late Latin decuplus tenfold, from Latin decem ten

Example Sentences

The decuple indication of general heads arose rather from comparison of propositions and induction therefrom.

From Project Gutenberg

His decuple partition of Entia or Enunciata is founded entirely upon a logical principle.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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