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Webster 1913 Edition
Quadruple
Quad′ru-ple
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
quadruple
, L. quadruplum
.] four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount;
as, to receive to
. quadruple
of the amount in damagesQuad′ru-ple
,Verb.
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.
Quad′ru-ple
,Verb.
I.
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quadruple
QUAD'RUPLE
,Adj.
Fourfold; four times told; as, to make quadruple restitution for trespass or theft.
QUAD'RUPLE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
quadruple
quadruple
See also: quadruplé
English
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| Cardinal : four Ordinal : fourth Multiplier : quadruple | ||
Adjective
quadruple (not comparable)
- Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
- He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.
Translations
being four times as long, as big or as many of something
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Verb
quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled)
- (transitive) To multiply by four.
- Quadrupling four gives sixteen.
- (intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
- Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.
Translations
to multiply by four
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See also
| Coefficient | Noun | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | single | singlet |
| 2 | double | doublet twin |
| 3 | triple | triplet |
| 4 | quadruple | quadruplet |
| 5 | quintuple pentuple |
quintuplet pentuplet |
| 6 | sextuple hextuple |
sextuplet hextuplet |
| 7 | septuple heptuple |
septuplet heptuplet |
| 8 | octuple | octuplet |
| 9 | nonuple | nonuplet |
| 10 | decuple | decuplet |
| 11 | undecuple hendecuple |
undecuplet hendecuplet |
| 12 | duodecuple | duodecuplet |
| 13 | tredecuple | tredecuplet |
| 100 | centuple | centuplet |
| many | multiple | multiplet |
French
Adjective
quadruple m, f (plural quadruples)
- Which is repeated four times.
- Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple.
- (chiefly music) Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
- En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire.
- La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne.
Noun
quadruple m (plural quadruples)
- Something that is equal to four times something else.
- Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale.
- (Scrabble) A move whose score is multiplied by four.
- Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples.
- J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple.
- (Scrabble) The area on the board where such a move is possible.
- Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene".
Related terms
Verb
quadruple
- first-person singular present indicative of quadrupler
- third-person singular present indicative of quadrupler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of quadrupler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of quadrupler
- second-person singular imperative of quadrupler