Quadruple

  • 1quadruple — [ k(w)adrypl ] adj. • XIIIe; lat. quadruplus, var. impér. du class. quadruplex ♦ Qui est répété quatre fois, qui vaut quatre fois (la quantité désignée). « Une quadruple rangée de pavés superposés » (Hugo). Mus. Quadruple croche. ♢ N. m. Ce qui… …

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  • 2quadruple — quad‧ru‧ple [ˈkwɒdrʊpl, kwɒˈdruː ǁ kwɑːˈdruː ] verb [intransitive, transitive] to increase or make something increase by four times: • Pre tax profits have more than quadrupled from £5 million to over £20 million. • OPEC quadrupled the price of… …

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  • 3quadruple — Quadruple. s. m. Quatre fois autant. La peine du quadruple. payer le quadruple. condamner au quadruple. On appelle aussi, Quadruple, Une double pistole d Espagne ou d Italie. Un quadruple faux. un quadruple qui n est pas de poids …

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  • 4Quadruple — 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. [1913 Webster] {Quadruple time} (Mus.), that in which each measure is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5quadruple — Quadruple, quatre fois autant, Quadruplum, Quadruplex. Condamner à quatre fois autant, ou au quadruple, Dare iudicium in quadruplum. Payer le quadruple, Quadruplum in fiscum inferre. B. Plus grand du quadruple, ou quatre fois plus grand,… …

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  • 6Quadruple — 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. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7Quadruple D — (which stands for Do the DirectDraw with Delphi ) is a DirectX library for Delphi developed by a Japanese programmer named SANDMAN . It has become the de facto graphics library for Japanese PC games written in Delphi.In addition to DirectX… …

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  • 8quadruplé — quadruplé, ée (koua dru plé, plée) part. passé de quadrupler. Un nombre quadruplé …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 9quadruple — (v.) late 14c., from L. quadruplare make fourfold, from quadruplus (n.) quadruple, from quadri four (see QUADRI (Cf. quadri )) + plus fold …

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  • 10quadruple — ► ADJECTIVE 1) consisting of four parts or elements. 2) four times as much or as many. 3) (of time in music) having four beats in a bar. ► VERB ▪ increase or be increased fourfold. ► NOUN ▪ a quadruple number or amount …

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