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Quadruple

//ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being four times as long, as big or as many of something. not-comparable

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    four times as great or many wordnet
  2. 2
    having four units or components wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
  2. 2
    a quantity that is four times as great as another wordnet
  3. 3
    A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
  4. 4
    a set of four similar things considered as a unit wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To multiply by four. transitive

    "Quadrupling four gives sixteen."

  2. 2
    increase fourfold wordnet
  3. 3
    To increase by a factor of four. intransitive

    "Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements."

  4. 4
    To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.

    "On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.

Etymology 2

From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.

Etymology 3

From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.

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