English

Adjective

decuple ‎(not comparable)

1. (archaic) tenfold

Translations

Noun

decuple ‎(plural decuples)

1. (archaic) An amount multiplied by ten.
   • 1842, Jacob Reese Eckfeldt; 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

decuple ‎(third-person singular simple present decuples, present participle decupling, simple past and past participle decupled)

1. (archaic) To multiply by ten.
   • 2004, Mark Collier; 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

Related terms

• decuplet

References

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

Italian

Adjective

decuple f

1. feminine plural of decuplo

Latin

Adjective

decuple

1. vocative masculine singular of decuplus