单词 | quintuplication |
释义 | quintuplicationn. 1. The action or process of making quintuple or of multiplying by five. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > multiplication by five quintuplation1647 quintuplicationa1690 quintupling1862 a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) i. i. 24 To multiply by 5, called Quintuplication, adjoyn a Cypher..and then take the half thereof. 1720 J. Raphson & S. Cunn tr. I. Newton Universal Arithmetick 116 The Quintuplication. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 119 The perceptible are evolved out of the imperceptible elements by the process of quintuplication. 1960 Managem. Technol. 1 75 The end result is double production and quintuplication of income per year. 1992 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 12 a Bombers, missiles, and subs are instruments of mass destruction and intimidation. They are also well past duplication and into quintuplication or worse. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > subsequent replies on either side replication1425 rejoinder1447 rebutter1540 surrejoinder1542 triplication1583 quadruplication1593 duply1609 duplication1622 quadruply1624 quintuplyc1638 re-rejoinder1702 rebuttal1792 quintuplication1860 society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > legal process > [noun] > defendant's plea > plaintiff's reply triplication1583 quintuplication1860 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xviii. 396 Lord Henry's harmless thunder was answered..by a ‘Quintuplication’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1690 |
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