decuple

[dek-yoo-puh l]

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adjective

ten times as great; tenfold.

noun

a tenfold quantity or multiple.

verb (used with object), dec·u·pled, dec·u·pling.

to make ten times as great.

Origin of decuple

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

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Related Words for decuple

decimal, decennial, decuple, denary, tenfold

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Historical Examples of decuple

His decuple partition of Entia or Enunciata is founded entirely upon a logical principle.
Aristotle
George Grote
The decuple indication of general heads arose rather from comparison of propositions and induction therefrom.
Aristotle
George Grote
Therefore the whole uea, is the quintuple of the same ea: And the whole periphery is decuple unto it.
The Way To Geometry
Peter Ramus

British Dictionary definitions for decuple

decuple

verb

(tr) to increase by ten times

noun

an amount ten times as large as a given reference

adjective

increasing tenfold

Word Origin for decuple

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

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Word Origin and History for decuple

adj.

1610s, from French décuple (late 15c.), from Latin decuplus "tenfold," from decem- "ten" (see ten) + -plus (see plus).