quadruple

UK /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/ US /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
verb 3noun 2adj 1

Definitions

adj

1

Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.

verb

1

To multiply by four.

Quadrupling four gives sixteen.

2

To increase by a factor of four.

Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.

Overall, consumer spending on fast tech has quadrupled to £11.6bn since 2023, surveys carried out for Material Focus suggested.

3

To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.

On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.

Quadrupling the short remaining stretch of three-track railway north of Rugby, left over by the turn of the century modernisation, is a possibility that could be pursued.

noun

1

Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.

2

A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.

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