decuple

See also: décuple and décuplé

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French décuple, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin decem (“ten”), and plico (“fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdekjuːpɫ/, /ˈdekjuːpəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkjʊpɫ/, /ˈdɛkjʊpl./

Adjective

decuple (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Tenfold.

Translations

tenfold — see tenfold

Noun

decuple (plural decuples)

1. (archaic) An amount multiplied by ten.
   • 1842, Jacob Reese Eckfeldt with William Ewing Du Bois, A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations, struck within ..., page 89:

     The gold coin of the law of 1818 is of four denominations; the decuple of 30 ducats, the half-decuple, ...

Verb

1. (archaic) To multiply by ten.
   • 1903, Henry James, The Ambassadors:

     They were in communication as they had been, that first morning, in Sarah's salon and in her presence and Mme. de Vionnet's; and the same recognition of a great goodwill was again, after all, possible. Only the amount of response Waymarsh had then taken for granted was doubled, decupled now.

   • 2004, Mark Collier with Stephen Quirke, Annette Imhausen, The UCL Lahun papyri: religious, literary, legal, mathematical and ..., volume 1209:

     The multiplications on this fragment show four of the basic techniques used by the Egyptian scribe in performing calculations: doubling, halving, decupling, and "taking two-thirds".

Translations

tenfold — see tenfold

Related terms

• decuplet

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114

Anagrams

• cupeled

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Italian

Adjective

decuple f

1. feminine plural of decuplo

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) decuple

1. vocative masculine singular of decuplus