decuple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/
ipa: /dɛˈkjʊp(ə)l/
Forms: form: decuples
form: decupling
form: decupled
form: decupled
Etymology: From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: “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.
ref: 1993, JPRS Report: Science & Technology:
text: 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".
ref: 2004, Mark Collier with Stephen Quirke and Annette Imhausen, The UCL Lahun papyri: religious, literary, legal, mathematical and ..., volume 1209:
text: The hefty price tag has more than decupled since he originally purchased the estate back in 2009.
ref: 2019, Inquisitr:
text: 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.
ref: 2019 February 21, Martin Dixon, “The case for human extinction”, in Cherwell:
text: Therefore, the use of smart contract decuples the speed of the insurer intervention, and consequently increase the resilience of the insured.
ref: 2020 January 20, Dessa-nin Ewèdew Awesso, “Blockchain in Disaster Relief – Catastrophe Bonds and Crypto Donations”, in Blockchain Land, The Blockchain Group:
text: 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.
ref: 2020 July 7, “Madagascar Country Office: Covid-19 response (7 July 2020)”, in ReliefWeb:
text: 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.
ref: 2022 January 10, Brittney Baird, “$500K lottery ticket sold in Donelson”, in WKRN:
text: Trillionaire Thugs NFT price decuples in three days: Here’s what’s next
ref: 2022 January 31, Bruno Cooke, The Focus, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022:
text: The number of initiatives on artificial intelligence (AI) has decupled in the last five years in Turkey, an expert has said.
ref: 2022 May 16, “AI initiatives in Turkey decupled in 5 years: Expert”, in Hürriyet Daily News:
text: What began with only 150 cameras has decupled into 1,500.
ref: 2022 May 31, “Ohio governor unveils future of emergency response, technology to make state safer”, in Police1, Lexipol:
glosses: To multiply by ten.
Related terms: decuplet