Quadruplication

quad·ru·pli·cate  (kw-drpl-kt)

adj.

1. Multiplied by four; quadruple.

2. Fourth in a group of four identical things.

n.

One of a group of four identical things.

tr. & intr.v. (-kt) quad·ru·pli·cat·ed, quad·ru·pli·cat·ing, quad·ru·pli·cates

To multiply or be multiplied four times.

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[Latin quadruplictus, past participle of quadruplicre, to multiply by four, from quadruplex, fourfold : quadru-, quadri-, quadri- + -plex, -fold; see duplex.]

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quad·rupli·cate·ly (-kt-l) adv.

quad·rupli·cation n.