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noun
A group of ten, particularly
A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A group of ten, particularly
A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
One of a group of ten, particularly one of ten babies born to the same mother at one time.
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Broader terms: multiplet
History
From decuple (“multiply by ten”) + -et (“forming diminutives”).
Across languages
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