Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making fourfold; a taking of four times the simple sum or amount.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
multiplication byfour
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Examples
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But while the blueprint promises "quadruplication" of the rail line between Chatswood and St Leonards on Sydney's north shore, it makes no commitment to extra capacity on the harbour crossing.
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"We have to have quadruplication of any needed form.
The Legacy of Heorot Niven, Larry 1987
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Duplication of governments signifies quadruplication of taxes; and governments are only taxing, plundering schemes of law-administration; and that which is cheapest, and governs least, is commonly best. "
Fagots from the campfire, Louis J Dupre 1881
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