sedecuple

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) enPR: sē'dĕkyo͞oʹp(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˌsiːdɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/
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Adjective

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sedecuple (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Sixteenfold.
    1. Sixteen times as great or as numerous.
    2. (of a ratio) Sixteen-to-one.
      • 1965, Edward Grant [translator], “Algorismus proportionum”, in Isis[1], volume LVI, translation of original by Nicole Oresme, Part I, page 333:
        As an example, let us take a ratio which is two-thirds of a quadruple. Since 2 is the numerator, we shall have one-third of a quadruple ratio squared, namely a sedecuple ratio.
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sedecuple.
    3. Comprising sixteen repeated elements.
      • 1967, Charles P. Poole, Electron Spin Resonance[2], page 544:
        Gozzini and Iannuzzi (1960) proposed the use of sixteen microwave spectrometer systems connected in parallel and fed by the same source. It is interesting to note that this sedecuple arrangement did not burgeon forth from an opulent American laboratory.

Verb

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sedecuple (third-person singular simple present sedecuples, present participle sedecupling, simple past and past participle sedecupled)

  1. (rare, transitive or intransitive) To increase by a factor of sixteen.
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