quadruplicate
one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
consisting of four identical parts.
pertaining to a fourth item or copy of something.
to produce or copy in quadruplicate.
to make four times as great.
Idioms about quadruplicate
in quadruplicate, in four identical copies.
Origin of quadruplicate
1Other words from quadruplicate
- quad·ru·pli·ca·tion, quad·ru·pli·ca·ture [kwo-droo-pli-kuh-cher], /kwɒˈdru plɪ kə tʃər/, noun
Words Nearby quadruplicate
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How to use quadruplicate in a sentence
I will not repeat what I have said on this subject in my last, a quadruplicate of which is enclosed, as is also a cypher.
Most common is the "quadruplicate" arrangement, with four sets of laminae of differing depths.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers BeddardArmy accounting is wholly unlike civilian, books being dispensed with and accounts of all kinds being made in quadruplicate.
A Backward Glance at Eighty | Charles A. MurdockThere was the matter of the wedding, which was now to be in quadruplicate.
Masters of Space | Edward Elmer SmithWe must not, however, fall into his own mistake and quadruplicate to his duply.
Matthew Arnold | George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for quadruplicate
fourfold or quadruple
to multiply or be multiplied by four
a group or set of four things
Origin of quadruplicate
1Derived forms of quadruplicate
- quadruplication, noun
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