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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A group of ten, particularly; A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight.
2. 2
   A group of ten, particularly; A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
3. 3
   One of a group of ten, particularly one of ten babies born to the same mother at one time.

Synonyms

All synonyms

decapletdecaplet

Etymology

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

Related phrases

eightfold way

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