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subquadruple

subquadruple adjective: containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four.

Adjective

subquadruple (not comparable)

  1. Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four.
    • As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.1648, John Wilkins, Mathematicall Magick. Or, The Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry. […], London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand […], →OCLC

Origin of subquadruple

From sub- + quadruple.

Questions about subquadruple

What does subquadruple mean?
Subquadruple means containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four.
What part of speech is subquadruple?
Subquadruple is an adjective.

Words near subquadruple in the dictionary

  1. subquadratic
  2. subquadratic time
  3. subquadratic times
  4. subquadratically
  5. subquadrats
  6. subquadruple
  7. subqualified
  8. subqualifies
  9. subqualify
  10. subqualifying
  11. subqualities

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