Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quadruple"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, 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"ru*ple\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quadruple
adj 1: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four
beats per measure" [syn: {quadruplicate}, {fourfold}]
2: four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the
dosage" [syn: {fourfold}]
n : a quantity that is four times as great as another
v : increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"
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