DECUPLE


Meaning of DECUPLE in English

/dek"yoo peuhl/ , adj., n., v., decupled, decupling .

adj.

1. ten times as great; tenfold.

n.

2. a tenfold quantity or multiple.

v.t.

3. to make ten times as great.

[ 1375-1425; late ME decuplus tenfold, equiv. to dec ( em ) ten + -uplus, as in quadruplus QUADRUPLE ]

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