decuplet

See also: décuplet

English

Etymology

From decuple (“multiply by ten”) + -et (“forming diminutives”).

Noun

decuplet (plural decuplets)

1. A group of ten, particularly

   Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, triplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, octuplet, nonuplet, centuplet, multiplet

   1. (music) A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight.
   2. (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
2. One of a group of ten, particularly one of ten babies born to the same mother at one time.

   Hypernym: multiplet

Synonyms

• decaplet

Derived terms

• antidecuplet

Related terms

• decuple
• undecuplet
• dodecuplet
• (set of 10 items) decimate, decimal

Translations

one of ten babies born at the same birth

• Dutch: tienling (nl) m
• Finnish: kymmenikkö (fi)
• German: Zehnling m
• Japanese: 十つ子 (ja) (totsugo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tiling m

• Polish: dziesięcioraczek (pl) m

(music) tuplet of ten notes

• Romanian: decimolet n

Anagrams

• dectuple