English Explanatory Dictionary

sedecuple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sixteenfold.
  2. Sixteen times as great or as numerous.
  3. Sixteen-to-one.
  4. Comprising sixteen repeated elements.
verb
  1. To increase by a factor of sixteen.

Pronunciation

sē'dĕkyo͞oʹp(ə)l /ˌsiːdɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sedecuple.wav

Word forms

sedecuple sexdecuple sedecuples sedecupling sedecupled

Etymology

First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple.

Related words

quindecuple septemdecuple
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