Decupled

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Increased tenfold in quantity, magnitude, or degree; multiplied by ten times; expanded to ten parts or units
2. Amplified by a factor of ten; grown ten times larger or more numerous; augmented to reach tenfold measurement
3. Multiplied so as to become ten times as much; enhanced to ten times its original size or amount; scaled up by a count of ten

Etymology: "Decupled" is the past tense and past participle of "decuple," a verb meaning to multiply by ten. The verb descends from Middle French "décuple," which came into English in Middle English. Its ultimate source is Late Latin "decuplus," meaning "tenfold," built from Latin "decem" ("ten") and "plicare" ("to fold"). The Latin root "plicare" also gave English words like "complicate" and "replica," and the idea is simply of folding something over on itself a set number of times, with ten folds producing a tenfold quantity.

Synonyms: multiplied by ten, tenfold, ten times

Antonyms: halved, divided, reduced