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decuple

American  
[dek-yoo-puhl] / ˈdɛk yʊ pəl /

adjective

  1. ten times as great; tenfold.

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

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adjective

  1. increasing tenfold

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Etymology

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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