Definition of quadruple Quadruple

/kwɑdɹuˈpʌl/ - [kwadrupul] - quad•ru•ple

We found 16 definitions of quadruple from 6 different sources.

What does quadruple mean?

Noun Plural: quadruples
quadruple - a quantity that is four times as great as another
		multiple the product of a quantity by an integer; "36 is a multiple of 9"
quadruple - a set of four similar things considered as a unit
		quartet, quartette, quadruplet
Verb quadruples, quadrupling, quadrupled
quadruple - increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"
		manifold, multiply make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter"
Adjective
quadruple - four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage"
		fourfold, four-fold
quadruple - having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire"
		quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold

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quadruple (Verb)
To multiply by four.
quadruple (Verb)
To increase by a factor of four.
quadruple (Adjective)
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

quadruple (a.)
Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
quadruple (n.)
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
quadruple (v. t.)
To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
quadruple (v. i.)
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.

quadruple
kwod′rōō-pl, adj. fourfold.—n. four times the quantity or number.—v.t. to increase fourfold.—v.i. to become four times as many.—n. Quad′ruplet, any combination of four things—also Quart′et: one of four born at a birth.—adj. Quad′ruplex, fourfold, esp. of a telegraphic system capable of sending four messages, two in each direction, simultaneously over one wire.—n. an instrument of this kind.—v.t. to arrange for quadruplex transmission.—adj. Quadru′plicate, fourfold.—n. one of four corresponding things.—v.t. to make fourfold.—ns. Quadruplicā′tion; Quadru′plicāture; Quadruplic′ity.—adv. Quad′ruply, in a fourfold manner.—Quadruple Alliance, a league formed in 1718 between England, France, Austria, and Holland to counteract the ambitious schemes of Alberoni. [Fr.,—L. quadruplus—quatuor, four.]