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QUADRUPLING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb quadruple

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