Definitions for decuple

decuple dec·u·ple

Spelling: [dek-yoo-puh l]
IPA: /ˈdɛk yʊ pəl/

Decuple is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in decuple (cdeelpu).

Definitions for decuple

noun

  1. a tenfold quantity or multiple.

adjective

  1. ten times as great; tenfold.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make ten times as great.

Origin of decuple

1375-1425; late Middle English Middle French Latin decuplus tenfold, equivalent to dec(em) ten + -uplus, as in quadruplus quadruple

Examples for decuple

His decuple partition of Entia or Enunciata is founded entirely upon a logical principle.

The decuple indication of general heads arose rather from comparison of propositions and induction therefrom.

Therefore the whole uea, is the quintuple of the same ea: And the whole periphery is decuple unto it.

Word Value for decuple
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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