quadruplet
Americannoun
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any group or combination of four.
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quadruplets, four children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
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one of four such children or offspring.
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Music. a group of four notes of equal value performed in the time normally taken for three.
noun
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Often shortened to: quad. one of four offspring born at one birth
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a group or set of four similar things
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music a group of four notes to be played in a time value of three
Etymology
Origin of quadruplet
Example Sentences
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The chance of a quadruplet pregnancy in cattle is said to be one in 700,000, with the chance of them all being born alive just one in 11 million.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024
Not that Fay would have envisioned that as a youngster growing up as a quadruplet in Ireland.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022
"An example is a quadruplet pregnancy reduced to twins in order to decrease the risk of the pregnancy," Shahine explained to Salon.
From Salon • May 10, 2022
As of April 2001, Cohen reported in the Human Reproduction Update that there had been 16 successful births including 10 singles, a set of twins, and one quadruplet birth using this technique in his laboratory.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2016
We looked blithely at the road ahead, quadruplet angels.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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