dectuple

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛktuːp(ə)l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛktʊp(ə)l/

Adjective

dectuple (not comparable)

1. Tenfold.
   • 1916 January, “Pacific Type of Locomotive for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad”, in Railway and Locomotive Engineering‎^[1], page 20:

     All longitudinal seams are dectuple riveted.

Translations

tenfold — see tenfold

Noun

dectuple (plural dectuples)

1. A group of ten.
   • 2010, Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Cynthia G. Clopper, “What is LabPhon? And where is it going?”, in Cécile Fougeron, Barbara Kuehnert, Mariapaola Imperio, Nathalie Vallee, editors, Laboratory Phonology 10‎^[2], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN:

     Thus, this is our commencement address as the laboratory phonology community “graduates” to its second dectuple of meetings.

Verb

dectuple (third-person singular simple present dectuples, present participle dectupling, simple past and past participle dectupled)

1. To multiply by ten.
   • 2017 April 11, Scott Alexander, “Notes on Cost Disease”, in The American Interest‎^[3], volume 12, number 5, →ISSN:

     Many costs have really, genuinely dectupled, with no economic or statistical trickery involved.

Translations

tenfold — see tenfold

Related terms

• decuple

Anagrams

• decuplet