quindecuplet

English

Etymology

From quindecuple (“times fifteen; composed of 15 parts”) +‎ -et (“forming diminutives”), from Latin quindecim (“fifteen”) + -plus (“-times, -fold”).

Noun

quindecuplet (plural quindecuplets)

  1. (rare, particle physics) A multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles.
    • 1988, Wolfgang Ludwig, Claus Falter, Symmetries in Physics: Group Theory Applied to Physical Problems, 2nd edition, Springer–Verlag, →ISBN, page 310, →ISBN:
      Exercise 11.10. Calculate the multiplicities of the weights in the octet of 𝒮𝒰(3) and in the quindecuplet of 𝒮𝒰(4) according to (11.4.60).
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