[syn: quadruple, fourfold, four-fold]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. i.
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become
four times as much.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quadruple
adj 1: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has
four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn:
quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold,
four-fold]
2: four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the
dosage" [syn: quadruple, fourfold, four-fold]
n 1: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn:
quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple]
2: a quantity that is four times as great as another
v 1: increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"