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单词 quinquiplicate
释义

quinquiplicatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin quīnquiplicāt-, quīnquiplicāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin quīnquiplicāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of quīnquiplicāre to multiply by five, quintuple < quīnquiplic- , quīnquiplex consisting of five parts, fivefold ( < quīnqui- , variant of quīnque- quinque- comb. form + -plex -plex suffix1). Compare quadruplicate v.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
transitive. To multiply by five; (also) to double five times.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase by specific proportion
doublec1290
treblea1325
triplea1400
redouble1477
quadruple1487
sextuple1632
quintuple1639
quinquiplicate1656
quintuplicate1676
fivefold1858
tenfold1858
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Quinquiplicate, to multiply by fives, to double five times.

Derivatives

quinquiplication n. rare the action or an instance of doubling a number four times.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Coll. Words from Lat. or Greek Quinquiplication, a making five times double.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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