quadruple vs quadruplet

quadruple

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

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

verb
  • To multiply by four. 

  • To increase by a factor of four. 

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

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

quadruplet

noun
  • A sequence of four elements. 

  • One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth. 

  • A tuplet of four notes. 

  • A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion. 

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