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  • noun One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
  • noun physics A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
  • noun music A group of ten equal notes played in place of four or eight.

Etymologies

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Formed in parallel to triplet, quadruplet, and quintuplet from deca- ("ten")

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