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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