Definition of DECUPLET

decuplet

Meanings

Plural: decuplets

Noun

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

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

decaplet

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