fourth vs quadruple

fourth

noun
  • A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole. 

  • The fourth gear of an engine. 

  • A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F). 

  • The person or thing in the fourth position. 

adj
  • The ordinal form of the number four. 

verb
  • To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded. 

quadruple

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

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

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

verb
  • To multiply by four. 

  • To increase by a factor of four. 

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

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