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quad·ru·ple
[kwo-droo-puhl, -druhp-uhl, kwod-roo-puhl] adjective, noun, verb, quad·ru·pled, quad·ru·pling. adjective
1.
fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
2.
four times as great.
3.
Music. having four beats to a measure.
noun
4.
a number, amount, etc., four times as great as another.
5.
something, as a series of acrobatic somersaults, made up of four clearly defined parts or stages: the first trapeze artist to perform a quadruple successfully.
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Quadruple
is always a great word to know.
So is half note. Does it mean:
| note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note |
| tone raised a chromatic half step in pitch |
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6.
to make or become four times as great: To serve 24 people, quadruple the recipe. My savings quadrupled in 20 years.
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quadruple
late 14c., from L. quadruplare "make fourfold," from quadruplus (n.) "quadruple," from quadri- "four" + -plus "fold." Quadruplets "four children in one birth" is first recorded 1787. The abbreviation of it to quad is first attested 1851.
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