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9 words match “QUADRUPLE”

QUADRUPLE a. 4 definitions
Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.
QUADRUPLET n. 3 definitions
A collection or combination of four of a kind.
QUADRUPLEX a.
Fourfold; folded or doubled twice. Quadruplex system (Electric Telegraph), a system by which four messages, two in each direction, may be sent simultaneously over the wire.
SUBQUADRUPLE a.
Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as, subquadruple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.
FOLD n.
atio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.
FOURFOLD a. 2 definitions
Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.
MEASURE n.
The space between two bars. See Beat, Triple, Quadruple, Sextuple, Compound time, under Compound, a., and Figure.
QUADRUPLICATE v.
To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
QUADRUPLY adv.
To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.