quadruplication

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quad·ru·pli·cate

(kwŏ-dro͞o′plĭ-kĭt)

adj.

1. Multiplied by four; quadruple.

2. Fourth in a group of four identical things.

One of a group of four identical things.

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

To multiply or be multiplied four times.

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

quad·ru′pli·cate·ly (-kĭt-lē) adv.

quad·ru′pli·ca′tion n.

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