quadruplicate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly
    • it was signed in quadruplicate
  2. verb reproduce fourfold
    • quadruplicate the bill
  3. adjective satellite having four units or components
    fourfold; four-fold; quadruple; quadruplex.
    • quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure
    • quadruplex wire

WordNet

Quad*ru"pli*cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. quadruplicatus, p. p. of quadruplicare, fr. quadruple fourfold. See Quadruplex.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Quadruplicated ; present participle & verbal noun Quadruplicating
Definitions
  1. To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Quad*ru"pli*cate adjective
Etymology
L. quadruplicatus, p. p.
Definitions
  1. Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
  2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. R.

Webster 1913