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quadruple definition

quad·ru·ple (kwä dro̵̅o̅′pəl, kwə-; kwä′drə pəl)

adjective

  1. consisting of or including four
  2. four times as much or as many; fourfold
  3. Music containing four beats to the measure quadruple time

Etymology: MFr < L quadruplus < quadru- (see quadruped) + -plus, as in duplus: see double

noun

an amount four times as much or as many

transitive verb, intransitive verb quadrupled -·pled, quadrupling -·pling

to make or become four times as much or as many; multiply by four

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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