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decuple en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɛˈkjʊp(ə)l/ (US)
  • /dɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Tenfold.

Deriveds

decuply · subdecuple

Relateds

dectuple · quattuordecuple · decemplex · duodecuple · tredecuple · undecuple

decuple en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɛˈkjʊp(ə)l/ (US)
  • /dɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).

Meanings

  1. An amount multiplied by ten.
    • The gold coin of the law of 1818 is of four denominations; the decuple of 30 ducats, the half-decuple, ... 1842, Jacob Reese Eckfeldt with William Ewing Du Bois, A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations, struck within ..., page 89:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
decuples Number=Plur lexicographic

decuple en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɛˈkjʊp(ə)l/ (US)
  • /dɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).

Meanings

  1. To multiply by ten.
    • 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. 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
    • The number of initiatives on artificial intelligence (AI) has decupled in the last five years in Turkey, an expert has said. 2022 May 16, “AI initiatives in Turkey decupled in 5 years: Expert”, in Hürriyet Daily News:
    • From May 17th to July 7th 2020, the growth curve in the number people testing positive decupled, reaching an exponential shape from 304 to 3250. 2020 July 7, “Madagascar Country Office: Covid-19 response (7 July 2020)”, in ReliefWeb:
    • Therefore, the use of smart contract decuples the speed of the insurer intervention, and consequently increase the resilience of the insured. 2020 January 20, Dessa-nin Ewèdew Awesso, “Blockchain in Disaster Relief – Catastrophe Bonds and Crypto Donations”, in Blockchain Land, The Blockchain Group:
    • 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". 2004, Mark Collier with Stephen Quirke and Annette Imhausen, The UCL Lahun papyri: religious, literary, legal, mathematical and ..., volume 1209:
    • What began with only 150 cameras has decupled into 1,500. 2022 May 31, “Ohio governor unveils future of emergency response, technology to make state safer”, in Police1, Lexipol:
    • Trillionaire Thugs NFT price decuples in three days: Here’s what’s next 2022 January 31, Bruno Cooke, The Focus, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022:
    • “This assistance method makes it possible to at least double—and in some cases decuple—the life of the tool, or to boost productivity,” says Alain Cornier, head of ENSAM’s production, research, and development department. 1993, JPRS Report: Science & Technology:
    • The hefty price tag has more than decupled since he originally purchased the estate back in 2009. 2019, Inquisitr:
    • The global rate of eustatic sea-level rise has already decupled since the 1990s to an average of 3 mm a year, but reaching as much as 10mm in the Pacific Ocean; Asia-Pacific is home to 60% of the world’s population. 2019 February 21, Martin Dixon, “The case for human extinction”, in Cherwell:
    • Because the player chose the Power Play feature for an extra $1 and the Power Play number drawn was 10, the prize of $50,000 was decupled to $500,000, according to a release. 2022 January 10, Brittney Baird, “$500K lottery ticket sold in Donelson”, in WKRN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
decupling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decuples Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
decupled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decupled Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

decuplet