quadruplicate

quadruplicate
quadruplicate [kwä dro͞o′pli kāt΄; ] for adj. & n. [, kwä dro͞o′plikit, kwä dro͞o′plikāt΄]
vt.
quadruplicated, quadruplicating [< L quadruplicatus, pp. of quadruplicare, to quadruple < quadruplex: see QUADRUPLEX]
to quadruple; make four identical copies of
adj.
1. fourfold
2. designating the fourth of identical copies
3. Math. raised to the fourth power
n.
any of four identical copies or things
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in quadruplicate
in four identical copies
quadruplication
n.

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