† quadruplan.adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadrupla.

Etymology: As noun (in sense A.) < post-classical Latin quadrupla (13th cent.; also 1517 in the passage translated in quot. 1609 at sense A.), use as noun (short for quadrupla proportio quadruple proportion) of feminine of classical Latin quadruplus quadruple adj. As adjective (in sense B.) < post-classical Latin quadrupla (6th cent. in Boethius in quadrupla proportio ), feminine of classical Latin quadruplus quadruple adj.

Obsolete.

A. n.

Music. A tempo or time signature having four crotchets or quavers in a bar; = quadruple time n. at quadruple n., adj., and adv. Compounds.

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quadruplaa1450

measure time1626

quick time1712

tempo giusto1724

tempo rubato1724

tittuping1780

rubato1855

double time1877

strict tempo1936

half-time1938

tranquillo1980

a1450 Musical Treat. in Speculum (1935) 10 265 (MED) It is quadrupla, as 4 to 1, 8 to 2, 12 to 3, & so forþe qvindupla, sexdupla, sepdupla, ocdupla, & so vpward endlesli.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 31 Quadrupla is a proportion deminishing [sic] the value of the notes to the quarter of that which they were before, & it is perceiued in singing, when a number is set before the song, comprehending another foure times.

1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus ii. xiii. 64 The Quadrupla [L. Quadrupla] is the third kind of the Multiplex, and is, when a greater number doth comprehend a lesse in it selfe four times, as 8 to 2 12 to 3. But Musically, when 4. Notes are founded to one: the signes of it are these {⁴₁ ⁸₂}..[etc.].

B. adj.

Mathematics. Four times as many or as much; quadruple.

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1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Bi^v If it containe it .4. tymes, then is it [sc. the proportion] quadrupla, or quadruple.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. v. f. 127^v If the antecedent contayne the consequent iustly twice, it is called dupla proportion... If 4. tymes quadrupla as 12. to 3.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	quadrupla
释义	† quadruplan.adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadrupla. Etymology: As noun (in sense A.) < post-classical Latin quadrupla (13th cent.; also 1517 in the passage translated in quot. 1609 at sense A.), use as noun (short for quadrupla proportio quadruple proportion) of feminine of classical Latin quadruplus quadruple adj. As adjective (in sense B.) < post-classical Latin quadrupla (6th cent. in Boethius in quadrupla proportio ), feminine of classical Latin quadruplus quadruple adj. Obsolete. A. n. Music. A tempo or time signature having four crotchets or quavers in a bar; = quadruple time n. at quadruple n., adj., and adv. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > specific tempo quadruplaa1450 measure time1626 quick time1712 tempo giusto1724 tempo rubato1724 tittuping1780 rubato1855 double time1877 strict tempo1936 half-time1938 tranquillo1980 a1450 Musical Treat. in Speculum (1935) 10 265 (MED) It is quadrupla, as 4 to 1, 8 to 2, 12 to 3, & so forþe qvindupla, sexdupla, sepdupla, ocdupla, & so vpward endlesli. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 31 Quadrupla is a proportion deminishing [sic] the value of the notes to the quarter of that which they were before, & it is perceiued in singing, when a number is set before the song, comprehending another foure times. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus ii. xiii. 64 The Quadrupla [L. Quadrupla] is the third kind of the Multiplex, and is, when a greater number doth comprehend a lesse in it selfe four times, as 8 to 2 12 to 3. But Musically, when 4. Notes are founded to one: the signes of it are these {⁴₁ ⁸₂}..[etc.]. B. adj. Mathematics. Four times as many or as much; quadruple. ΚΠ 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Bi^v If it containe it .4. tymes, then is it [sc. the proportion] quadrupla, or quadruple. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. v. f. 127^v If the antecedent contayne the consequent iustly twice, it is called dupla proportion... If 4. tymes quadrupla as 12. to 3. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.adj.a1450
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