decuple

See also: décuple and décuplé

English

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Cardinal: ten Ordinal: tenth Abbreviated ordinal: 10th Latinate ordinal: denary Adverbial: ten times Multiplier: tenfold Latinate multiplier: decuple Germanic collective: tensome Collective of n parts: decuplet Greek or Latinate collective: decad, decade Metric collective prefix: deca- Greek collective prefix: deca- Latinate collective prefix: deca- Fractional: tenth Metric fractional prefix: deci- Elemental: decuplet Number of musicians: decet Number of years: decade, decennium Quantile: decile, decentile

Etymology

From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/
(US) IPA^(key): /dɛˈkjʊp(ə)l/

Adjective

decuple (not comparable)

Tenfold.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

tenfold — see tenfold

Noun

decuple (plural decuples)

An amount multiplied by ten.
- 1842, Jacob Reese Eckfeldt with 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)

To multiply by ten.
- 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
  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.
- 1993, JPRS Report: Science & Technology:
  “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.
- 2004, Mark Collier with Stephen Quirke and 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".
- 2019, Inquisitr:
  The hefty price tag has more than decupled since he originally purchased the estate back in 2009.
- 2019 February 21, Martin Dixon, “The case for human extinction”, in Cherwell‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 May 2026:
  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.
- 2020 January 20, Dessa-nin Ewèdew Awesso, “Blockchain in Disaster Relief – Catastrophe Bonds and Crypto Donations”, in Blockchain Land‎^[2], The Blockchain Group, archived from the original on 10 September 2025:
  Therefore, the use of smart contract decuples the speed of the insurer intervention, and consequently increase the resilience of the insured.
- 2020 July 7, “Madagascar Country Office: Covid-19 response (7 July 2020)”, in ReliefWeb‎^[3], archived from the original on 22 March 2026:
  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.
- 2022 January 10, Brittney Baird, “$500K lottery ticket sold in Donelson”, in WKRN‎^[4], archived from the original on 6 February 2024:
  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 31, Bruno Cooke, The Focus‎^[5], archived from the original on 8 August 2022:
  Trillionaire Thugs NFT price decuples in three days: Here’s what’s next
- 2022 May 16, “AI initiatives in Turkey decupled in 5 years: Expert”, in Hürriyet Daily News‎^[6], archived from the original on 6 September 2025:
  The number of initiatives on artificial intelligence (AI) has decupled in the last five years in Turkey, an expert has said.
- 2022 May 31, “Ohio governor unveils future of emergency response, technology to make state safer”, in Police1‎^[7], Lexipol, archived from the original on 22 July 2025:
  What began with only 150 cameras has decupled into 1,500.

Related terms

decuplet

Translations

tenfold — see tenfold

References

Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114

^ “decuple”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

Anagrams

cupeled

Italian

Adjective

decuple f

feminine plural of decuplo

Latin

Adjective

decuple

vocative masculine singular of decuplus

Spanish

Verb

decuple

inflection of decuplar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

[1] “decuple”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

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