octuple

/'ɔktju:pl/

Thân thiện

The octuple layer cake stood impressively tall on the dessert table.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Having eight units or components: Consisting of eight parts, elements, or members; eightfold.

2. Verb (transitive):

   • To multiply by eight: To make eight times as great or as many.

3. Noun:

   • A quantity eight times as great as another: An eightfold amount or number.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:

  • The complex machine had an octuple arrangement of gears.
  • They performed an octuple bypass surgery, a highly intricate procedure.

• Verb:

  • The company aims to octuple its production capacity within a decade.
  • If you octuple the number two, you get sixteen.

• Noun:

  • The final output was an octuple of the initial input. (This usage is less common.)

Advanced Usage

• In Mathematics and Proportions: Used to describe a ratio of eight to one.
  • The map was drawn at an octuple scale, showing immense detail.

Variants and Related Words

• Octuply (adverb): In an eightfold manner; by a factor of eight.
  • The value increased octuply.
• Octuplet (noun): One of eight offspring born from a single pregnancy.
  • The birth of octuplets was a rare medical event.

Synonyms

• Eightfold: Consisting of eight parts.
• Eight times: Multiplied by eight.

Antonyms

• Single: Consisting of one part.
• Halve: To divide into two equal parts.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having eight units or components

Từ đồng nghĩa

• eightfold
• eight-fold