Category:Quadruple

Quad"ru*ple, a. Etym: [l. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. Quadruple. See quadrate, and cf. Double.]

Defn: fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple Alliance. Quadruple time (mus.), that in which each measure is Divided into four equal parts.

Quadruple Quad"ru*ple, n. Etym: [cf. F. quadruple, l. quadruplum.]

Defn: four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive To quadruple of the amount in damages.

Quadruple Quad"ru*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadrupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrupling.] Etym: [l. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.]

Defn: to multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double Twice. A. Smith.

Quadruple Quad"ru*ple, v. i.

Defn: to be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four Times as much.