Found 2 items, similar to Quadruple.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quadruple
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
quadruple
v : increase fourfold;
“His stock earning quadrupled”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quadruple
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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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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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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Quadruple
\Quad"ru*ple\, v. i.
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become
four times as much.
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