QUADRUPLICATING

Verb

quadruplicating

present participle of quadruplicate

Source: Wiktionary


QUADRUPLICATE

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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