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

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

Now called simply a cube. decuple, 22/12; the product of a number by ten.

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