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quadruple |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadruple \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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadruple \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadruple \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. i. To be multiplied by four to increase fourfold; to become four times as much From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quadruple adj 1: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure" [syn: {quadruplicate}, {fourfold}] 2: four times as great or many "a fourfold increase in the dosage" [syn: {fourfold}] n : a quantity that is four times as great as another v : increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"
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