quadruple

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 External links 1.5 See also 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Adjective

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːpəl

[edit] Adjective

quadruple

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

   He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.

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to quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled)

1. To multiply something by four times.

   Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.

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• quadruple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• quadruple in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] See also

Coef	Noun	Result
1	single
2	double	doublet
3	triple	triplet
4	quadruple	quadruplet
5	quintuple	quintuplet
6	sextuple	sextuplet

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quadruple m. (f. quadruple, m. plural quadruples, f. plural quadruples)

1. Which is repeated four times.

   Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple.

2. (chiefly music) Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.

   En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½⁴) d'une noire.

   La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne.

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quadruple m. (plural quadruples)

1. Something that is equal to four times something else.

   Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale.

2. (Scrabble) A move whose score is multiplied by four.

   Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples.

   J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple.

3. (Scrabble) The area on the board where such a move is possible.

   Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene".

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• nonuple

[edit] Verb

quadruple

1. First- and third-person singular indicative present of quadrupler.
2. First- and third-person singular subjunctive present of quadrupler.
3. Ordinary second-person singular imperative present of quadrupler.

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quadruple f.

1. Feminine plural form of quadruplo