Meaning of QUADRUPLICATE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]kwâ'drooplukit, [v]kwâ'drooplu`keyt
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- [n] any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly; "it was signed in quadruplicate"
- [adj] having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire"
- [v] reproduce fourfold
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| | Synonyms: | | fourfold, multiple, quadruple, quadruplex |
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| | See Also: | | copy, reproduce | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Quad*ru"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Quadruplicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quadruplicating}.] [L.
quadruplicatus, p. p. of quadruplicare, fr. quadruple?
fourfold. See {Quadruplex}.]
To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
\Quad*ru"pli*cate\, a. [L. quadruplicatus, p. p.]
1. Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a
quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [R.]
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