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Quadruple Common

Quadruple has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a set of four similar things considered as a unit

2

a quantity that is four times as great as another

Verb
1

increase fourfold

"His stock earning quadrupled"

2

To multiply by four.

Adjective
1

having four units or components

"quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"

"quadruplex wire"

2

four times as great or many

"a fourfold increase in the dosage"

3

Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

Example Sentences
"His stock earning quadrupled" verb
"quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure" adjective
"quadruplex wire" adjective
"a fourfold increase in the dosage" adjective
See Also
double quadruplicate four quadrupleness fourfold bigluing multiply wellington
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
set multiple multiply

Origin

The word comes from the Latin quadruplus, which literally means "fourfold." It is formed by combining the prefix for four with a suffix meaning times or fold.

Rhyming Words
ple caple tiple ample duple tuple diple apple maple kipple people ripple temple marple hopple meeple semple popple topple sipple
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