Meaning of sedecuple | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sixteenfold.
   not-comparable, rare
2. Sixteen times as great or as numerous.
   not-comparable, rare
3. Sixteen-to-one.
   not-comparable, rare
4. Comprising sixteen repeated elements.
   not-comparable, rare

Examples

“If for duple we had ſubſtituted triple, quadruple, quintuple, &c. the action would have⟳ come⟳ out noncuple, ſedecuple, 25ple.”

“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.”

“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.”

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