QUADRUPLE

quadruple, fourfold, four-fold

(adjective) four times as great or many; “a fourfold increase in the dosage”

quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold

(adjective) having four units or components; “quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure”; “quadruplex wire”

quadruple

(noun) a quantity that is four times as great as another

quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple

(noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit

quadruple

(verb) increase fourfold; “His stock earning quadrupled”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

quadruple (not comparable)

Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

Antonyms

• quarter (divided into four; one of four equal parts)

Verb

quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled)

(transitive) To multiply by four.

(intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.

(rail) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.

Antonyms

• quarter (divide by four)

Anagrams

• quadrupel

Source: Wiktionary

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Quad"ru*ple, a. Etym: [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. quadruple. See Quadrate, and cf. Double.]

Definition: Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.

Quad"ru*ple, n. Etym: [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.]

Definition: four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.

Quad"ru*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadrupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrupling.] Etym: [L. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.]

Definition: To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. A. Smith.

Quad"ru*ple, v. i.

Definition: To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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