quadruplication

Variant of quadruplicate

quadruplicate definition

quad·ru·pli·cate (kwä dro̵̅o̅′pli kāt′; for adj. & n., -kit, -kāt′)

transitive verb quadruplicated -·cat′ed, quadruplicating -·cat′·ing

to quadruple; make four identical copies of

Etymology: < L quadruplicatus, pp. of quadruplicare, to quadruple < quadruplex: see quadruplex

adjective

  1. fourfold
  2. designating the fourth of identical copies
  3. Math. raised to the fourth power

noun

any of four identical copies or things

Related Forms:

quadruplicate Idioms

in quadruplicate

in four identical copies

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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