centuple

adj, verb — 3 senses

centuple

adj

US /sɛnˈtʌ.pəl/

1

Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.

Derived terms: centuply

centuple

verb

1

To increase a hundredfold.

2

To increase or multiply something by a hundred.

"Mechanisation, science, and technology have centupled the productive potential of human labour."2015, Errico Malatesta, Carl Levy, Life and Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta:

Derived terms: centuplet
Related terms: centuplication

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