sedecuple

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌsiːdɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To increase by a factor of sixteen. intransitive,rare,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Sixteenfold.; Sixteen times as great or as numerous. not-comparable,rare
    — If for duple we had ſubſtituted triple, quadruple, quintuple, &c. the action would have come out noncuple, ſedecuple, 25ple.
  2. Sixteenfold.; Sixteen-to-one. not-comparable,rare
    — 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.
  3. Sixteenfold.; Comprising sixteen repeated elements. not-comparable,rare
    — 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.

词形变化

sexdecuple alternative sedecuples present,singular,third-person sedecupling participle,present sedecupled participle,past sedecupled past sexdecuple alternative

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple.
词源 2
First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple.
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