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QUADRUPLICATE
quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold
(adjective) having four units or components; “quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure”; “quadruplex wire”
quadruplicate
(noun) any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly; “it was signed in quadruplicate”
quadruplicate
(verb) reproduce fourfold; “quadruplicate the bill”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
quadruplicate (not comparable)
having four parts
four times over, multiplied by four
Noun
quadruplicate (plural quadruplicates)
Verb
quadruplicate (third-person singular simple present quadruplicates, present participle quadruplicating, simple past and past participle quadruplicated)
To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.
Source: Wiktionary
Quad*ru"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadruplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadruplicating.] Etym: [L. quadruplicatus, p. p. of quadruplicare, fr. quadrupleQuadruplex.]
Definition: To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Quad*ru"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. quadruplicatus, p. p.]
1. Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
2. (Math.)
Definition: Raised to the fourth power. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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