Quadruple

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. i.
     To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become
     four times as much.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {Quadruple time} (Mus.), that in which each measure is
        divided into four equal parts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quadruple
       adj 1: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four
              beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: {quadruplicate},
               {quadruplex}, {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"