Sekirov Dictionary

sedecuple

/ˌsiːdɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/

adjective 4
verb 1
forms 3

adjective4

(rare) Sixteenfold.
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(rare) Sixteen times as great or as numerous.
- If for duple we had substituted triple, quadruple, quintuple, &c. the action would have come out noncuple, sedecuple, 25ple. — 1744
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(rare) Sixteen-to-one.
- 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. — 1965
(rare) Comprising sixteen repeated elements.

verb1

(rare) To increase by a factor of sixteen.

forms

sedecupled · sedecupling · sedecuples

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