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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadruple

Quad′ru-ple

,
Adj.
[L.
quadruplus
, from
quattuor
four: cf. F.
quadruple
. See
Quadrate
, and cf.
Double
.]
Fourfold;
as, to make
quadruple
restitution; a
quadruple
alliance.
Quadruple time
(Mus.)
,
that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.

Quad′ru-ple

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
quadruple
, L.
quadruplum
.]
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount;
as, to receive to
quadruple
of the amount in damages
.

Quad′ru-ple

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Quadrupled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Quadrupling
.]
[L.
quadruplare
: cf. F.
quadrupler
.]
To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
A. Smith.

Quad′ru-ple

,
Verb.
I.
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quadruple

QUAD'RUPLE

,
Adj.
[L. quadruplus; quadra, quatuor, and plico, to fold.]
Fourfold; four times told; as, to make quadruple restitution for trespass or theft.

QUAD'RUPLE

,
Noun.
Four times the sum or number; as, to receive quadruple the amount in damages or profits.

Definition 2024


quadruple

quadruple

See also: quadruplé

English

English numbers
40
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : four
    Ordinal : fourth
    Multiplier : quadruple

Adjective

quadruple (not comparable)

  1. Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
    He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.

Translations

Verb

quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled)

  1. (transitive) To multiply by four.
    Quadrupling four gives sixteen.
  2. (intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
    Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.

Translations

See also

Coefficient Noun Result
1 single singlet
2 double doublet
twin
3 triple triplet
4 quadruple quadruplet
5 quintuple
pentuple
quintuplet
pentuplet
6 sextuple
hextuple
sextuplet
hextuplet
7 septuple
heptuple
septuplet
heptuplet
8 octuple octuplet
9 nonuple nonuplet
10 decuple decuplet
11 undecuple
hendecuple
undecuplet
hendecuplet
12 duodecuple duodecuplet
13 tredecuple tredecuplet
100 centuple centuplet
many multiple multiplet

French

Adjective

quadruple m, f (plural quadruples)

  1. Which is repeated four times.
    Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple.
  2. (chiefly music) Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
    En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire.
    La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne.

Noun

quadruple m (plural quadruples)

  1. Something that is equal to four times something else.
    Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale.
  2. (Scrabble) A move whose score is multiplied by four.
    Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples.
    J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple.
  3. (Scrabble) The area on the board where such a move is possible.
    Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene".

Related terms

Verb

quadruple

  1. first-person singular present indicative of quadrupler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of quadrupler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quadrupler
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quadrupler
  5. second-person singular imperative of quadrupler

Italian

Adjective

quadruple f pl

  1. feminine plural of quadruplo

Latin

Adjective

quadruple

  1. vocative masculine singular of quadruplus