Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Quadruplicate

Quad-ru′pli-cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Quadruplicated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Quadruplicating
.]
[L.
quadruplicatus
, p. p. of
quadruplicare
, fr.
quadruple
[GREEK] fourfold. See
Quadruplex
.]
To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.

Quad-ru′pli-cate

,
Adj.
[L.
quadruplicatus
, p. p.]
1.
Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated;
as, a
quadruplicate
ratio, or a
quadruplicate
proportion
.
2.
(Math.)
Raised to the fourth power.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Quadruplicate

QUADRU'PLICATE

,
Adj.
Fourfold; four times repeated; as a quadruplicate ratio or proportion.

QUADRU'PLICATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. quadruplico; quatuor and plico, to fold.] To make fourfold; to double twice.