Meaning of QUADRUPLE
| Pronunciation: | | kwâ'droopul
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- [n] a quantity that is four times as great as another
- [adj] four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage"
- [adj] having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire"
- [v] increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"
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| | Synonyms: | | fourfold, multiple, quadruplex, quadruplicate |
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| | See Also: | | manifold, multiple, multiply | |
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\Quad"ru*ple\, a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four:
cf. F. quadruple. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Double}.]
Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple
alliance.
{Quadruple time} (Mus.), that in which each measure is
divided into four equal parts.
\Quad"ru*ple\, n. [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.]
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to
receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
\Quad"ru*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quadrupled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Quadrupling}.] [L. quadruplare: cf. F.
quadrupler.]
To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to
double twice. --A. Smith.
\Quad"ru*ple\, v. i.
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become
four times as much.
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