decuplet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

decuplet decuplets

Etymology

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

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