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quadruplet


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quadruplet  \Quad"ru*plet\,  n.  [From  {Quadruple}.] 
  1.  A  collection  or  combination  of  four  of  a  kind 
 
  2.  pl  Four  children  born  in  the  same  labor. 
 
  3.  A  cycle  for  carrying  four  riders,  so  arranged  that  all  the 
  reders  can  assist  in  the  propulsion. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quadruplet 
  n  1:  the  cardinal  number  that  is  the  sum  of  three  and  one  [syn:  {four}, 
  {4},  {IV},  {tetrad},  {quatern},  {quaternion},  {quaternary}, 
  {quaternity},  {quartet},  {foursome},  {Little  Joe}] 
  2:  one  of  four  children  born  at  the  same  time  [syn:  {quad}] 
  3:  a  set  of  four  similar  things  considered  as  a  unit  [syn:  {quartet}, 
  {quartette}] 




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