ten-thousandfold
ten-thousandfold adjective: multiplied by ten thousand.
Adjective
ten-thousandfold (not comparable)
- Multiplied by ten thousand.
- The outburst of novæ cannot be explained in this manner, as some have suggested, for it could not possibly produce a ten-thousandfold increase in light; […]1920 March 4, A[ndrew] C[laude] D[e la Cherois] Crommelin, “The Einstein Deflection of Light”, in Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, volume CV, number 2627, London: Macmillan and Co....
- Comparing the C_(Ag⁺) in this case with that of Example 1, where no excess of the NH₃ was present, we find that the value has decreased from 5.5 × 10⁻⁴ to 6.8 × 10⁻⁸, a ten-thousandfold decrease.1942, Carl J[ohn] Engelder, “[Complex-Ion Equilibria] Calculations Involving Complex Ions”, in Calculations of Qualitative Analysis, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; London...
- Synonyms:
- myriadfold
- Having ten thousand parts or members.
- How is it, then, that with the first class of receiver, the eye, we are enabled, unless indeed we be colour-blind, to see all the beautiful and glorious varieties of nature in its ten-thousandfold hues; while the other receiver, the photographic plate, gives us but black and white?1878 January, J[oseph] Norman Lockyer, “Ears and Eyes”, in Macmillan’s Magazine, volume XXXVII, number 219, London: Macmillan and Co. […], →OCLC, page 207, column 2
- The ten-thousandfold law of punishment is rigorously enforced against every creature, man included.1906 June 23, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “[Reflections on Religion] Four”, in Ray Fabrizio, Edith Karas, Ruth Menmuir, compilers, The Rhetoric of No, New York, N.Y.: Holt...
- Synonyms:
- myriadfold
Adverb
ten-thousandfold (not comparable)
- By a factor of ten thousand.
- They found that the viscosity increases gradually from the melting point of sulfur, 115 to 119° C (933), up to about 159° C, at which point the viscosity sharply increases ten-thousandfold (55, 1098).1962, William A[ustin] Pryor, “[Elemental Sulfur] Reactions of Sulfur in Liquid Sulfur”, in Mechanisms of Sulfur Reactions, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 7
- An electron, for instance, weighs 10⁻²⁷ grams. Even if its mass increases ten-thousandfold, it will still weigh only 10⁻²³ grams; […]1987, J[ulius] T[homas] Fraser, “[Ask the stone to say: Time in the World of Matter] The Atemporal Kingdom of Light: Special Relativity Theory, the Physics of the Fastest Signals”, in Time, the...
- Synonyms:
- myriadfold
Examples of ten-thousandfold in a sentence
- It is to be noted that the results agree with the simple relation given by Eq. (1) for as much as a ten-thousandfold change in δ_F.1950 May 8, Merril F[rancis] Distad, “Equilibrium Currents Induced in Zincblende by Electron Bombardment of Negative Electrode”, in The...
- For both reasons taken together—his outstanding merit and his ten-thousandfold poverty—he deserves to have his meals in the prytaneion.a. 1974, Leo Strauss, “On Plato’s Apology of Socrates and Crito”, in Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy, Chicago, Ill.; London: The...
- In the case of the ten-thousandfold contract of the Mazdayasnian Religion the contracting parties can safely be held to be the Religion on the one hand, and each of the faithful on the other.1959, Ilya Gershevitch, “Commentary”, in The Avestan Hymn to Mithra (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications; 4), Cambridge...
- The night was full of roaring, like the ten-thousandfold throat of the stadium.1988 April, Tanith Lee, “The Fire Ride”, in The White Serpent (A Novel of Vis, 3; DAW Book Collectors No. 740), New York, N.Y.: DAW Books...
Synonyms of ten-thousandfold
Forms of ten-thousandfold
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Origin of ten-thousandfold
From ten thousand + -fold.
Questions about ten-thousandfold
- What does ten-thousandfold mean?
- Ten-thousandfold means multiplied by ten thousand.
- How do you use ten-thousandfold in a sentence?
- It is to be noted that the results agree with the simple relation given by Eq. (1) for as much as a ten-thousandfold change in δ_F.
- What part of speech is ten-thousandfold?
- Ten-thousandfold can be an adjective or an adverb.
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