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decuple
[dek-yoo-puhl]
adjective
ten times as great; tenfold.
noun
a tenfold quantity or multiple.
verb (used with object)
to make ten times as great.
decuple
/ ˈɛʊə /
verb
(tr) to increase by ten times
noun
an amount ten times as large as a given reference
adjective
increasing tenfold
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of decuple1
Example Sentences
That would be a decuple bogey, 10 over par.
Decuple, dek′ū-pl, adj. tenfold.—n. a number ten times repeated.—v.t. to make tenfold.
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.
Therefore the whole uea, is the quintuple of the same ea: And the whole periphery is decuple unto it.
Now called simply a cube. decuple, 22/12; the product of a number by ten.
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