quadruple
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -uːpəl
Adjective[edit]
quadruple
- Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
- He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.
Translations[edit]
being four times as long, as big or as many of something
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Verb[edit]
quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled)
- (transitive) To multiply by four.
- Quadrupling four gives sixteen.
- (intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
- Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.
Translations[edit]
to multiply by four
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External links[edit]
- quadruple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- quadruple in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
See also[edit]
| Coef | Noun | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | single | singlet |
| 2 | double | doublet |
| 3 | triple | triplet |
| 4 | quadruple | quadruplet |
| 5 | quintuple | quintuplet |
| 6 | sextuple | sextuplet |
| many | multiple | multiplet |
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quadruple (masculine and feminine, plural quadruples)
- Which is repeated four times.
- Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple.
- (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.
Noun[edit]
quadruple m (plural quadruples)
- Something that is equal to four times something else.
- Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale.
- (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.
- (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".
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
quadruple
- First- and third-person singular indicative present of quadrupler
- First- and third-person singular subjunctive present of quadrupler
- Ordinary second-person singular imperative present of quadrupler
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quadruple f
- Feminine plural form of quadruplo
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quadruple
- vocative masculine singular of quadruplus
