QUADRUPLE


Meaning of QUADRUPLE in English

I. kwä-ˈdrü-pəl, -ˈdrə-; ˈkwä-drə- verb

( qua·dru·pled ; qua·dru·pling -p(ə-)liŋ)

Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin quadruplare, from quadruplus

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

: to make four times as great or as many

intransitive verb

: to become four times as great or as numerous

II. noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quadruplum, from neuter of quadruplus four times as great, from quadri- + -plus multiplied by — more at -fold

Date: 15th century

: a sum four times as great as another

III. adjective

Date: 1557

1. : having four units or members

2. : being four times as great or as many

3. : marked by four beats per measure

quadruple meter

• qua·dru·ply -ˈdrü-plē, -ˈdrə-, -drə- adverb

• qua·dru·plic·i·ty ˌkwä-dru̇-ˈpli-sə-tē noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.