"decuplet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decuplets [plural]
Etymology: From decuple (“multiply by ten”) + -et (“forming diminutives”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|decuple|-et|t1=multiply by ten|t2=forming diminutives}} decuple (“multiply by ten”) + -et (“forming diminutives”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} decuplet (plural decuplets)
  1. A group of ten, particularly
    (music) A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight.
    Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-decuplet-en-noun-3ftWjdjT Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dec-, English terms suffixed with -et Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dec-: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -et: 40 28 32 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. A group of ten, particularly
    (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
    Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-decuplet-en-noun-LkaNVcFg Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dec-, English terms suffixed with -et Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dec-: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -et: 40 28 32 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. One of a group of ten, particularly one of ten babies born to the same mother at one time. Categories (topical): Collectives, Ten Translations (one of ten babies born at the same birth): tienling [masculine] (Dutch), kymmenikkö (Finnish), Zehnling [masculine] (German), 十つ子 (totsugo) (Japanese), tiling [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dziesięcioraczek [masculine] (Polish), ìbẹ́wàá (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-decuplet-en-noun-IaM4Q2zu Disambiguation of Collectives: 30 27 43 Disambiguation of Ten: 31 26 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dec-, English terms suffixed with -et Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 30 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dec-: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -et: 40 28 32 Disambiguation of 'one of ten babies born at the same birth': 15 12 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: decaplet Related terms: decuple, undecuplet, dodecuplet, decimal Related terms (set of 10 items): decimate
Disambiguation of 'set of 10 items': 39 39 22

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