quadrupling

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quadrupling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadrupled; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Quadrupling.] [L. quadruplare: cf. F.
     quadrupler.]
     To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to
     double twice. --A. Smith.
     [1913 Webster]

quadrupling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  quadrupling
      n 1: increase by a factor of four