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QUADRUPLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quadrupling mean?
• QUADRUPLING (noun)
The noun QUADRUPLING has 1 sense:
1. increase by a factor of four
Familiarity information: QUADRUPLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase by a factor of four
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("quadrupling" is a kind of...):
multiplication (a multiplicative increase)
Derivation:
quadruple (increase fourfold)
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