quadruplicating
Creating four copies
Quadruplicating is making four copies of something, or multiplying by four.
The word appears in bureaucratic and technical contexts where multiple copies are required: The office was quadruplicating forms for distribution to each department.
See also quadruplicate, the more common form.
Reproducing something exactly
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- duplicatingCreating exact copies
- reproducingCreating copies or offspring
- iteratingRepeating in sequence
repeating · cloning · mirroring · redoubling · echoing · recreating · reenacting · reformulating
Multiplied by four
- quartetEnsemble of four
- quadrupletOne of four twins
- tetradGroup of four units
- quaternaryFourth-order or four-bonded
multiplying · exponential · compounding · proliferating · magnifying · scaling · factorial
Increase in scope
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- accumulationCollected mass over time
boost · growth · amplification · inflation · augmentation · swell · multiplication · intensification
copying
Reproducing something exactly
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- duplicatingCreating exact copies
- reproducingCreating copies or offspring
iterating · repeating · cloning · mirroring · redoubling · echoing · recreating · reenacting · reformulating · restating
fourfold
Multiplied by four
- quartetEnsemble of four
- quadrupletOne of four twins
- tetradGroup of four units
quaternary · multiplying · exponential · compounding · proliferating · magnifying · scaling · factorial
expansion
Increase in scope
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
accumulation · boost · growth · amplification · inflation · augmentation · swell · multiplication · intensification · magnification
quadruplicatingquartering
Division by four
halving · tripling · doubling · bisecting · quintupling
quadruplicatingquartering
Division by four
reducing · diminishing · dividing · shrinking · contracting