QUADRUPLE


Meaning of QUADRUPLE in English

I. (ˈ)kwä|drüpəl also -rəp- or kwəˈd- or ˈkwädrəp- sometimes (ˈ)kwȯ|- or ˈkwȯdrəp- verb

( quadrupled ; quadrupled ; quadrupling -p(ə)liŋ ; quadruples )

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

transitive verb

: to make four times as much, many, or great

intransitive verb

: to become four times as much, many, or great

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle French, from quadruple, adjective

1. : a sum four times as great as another : a fourfold amount : the fourth multiple

2. obsolete : a coin worth four pistoles

III. adjective

Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French quadruple, from Latin quadruplus, from quadri- + -plus multiplied by — more at double

1. : consisting of four : being four times as great or as many : fourfold

2. : taken by fours or in groups of four ; specifically : having four beats per measure

quadruple time

quadruple rhythm

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.