Quadruple : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Quadruple	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Quadruple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quadruple adj having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" Synonym(s): quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage" Synonym(s): quadruple, fourfold, four-fold n a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple] a quantity that is four times as great as another v increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadruple \Quad"ruple\, a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. quadruple. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Double}.] Fourfold; as, to make quadruple* restitution; a quadruple alliance. {Quadruple time} (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadruple \Quad"ruple\, n. [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.] four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple* of the amount in damages.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quadrupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quadrupling}.] [L. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.] To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. --A. Smith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. i. To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.