Noun
(plural decaplets)
- One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
- Our own lovely Erica gave birth to decaplets today, after God came down on a cloud and poked her with the Holy Turkey Baster.
- (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
- (music) A group of ten equal notes played in place of four or eight.
Origin
Formed in parallel to triplet, quadruplet, and quintuplet from deca- (“ten”)
