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单词 quotuple
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quotupleadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: Latin quot , quadruple n.
Etymology: < classical Latin quot how many (see quota n.) + -uple (in quadruple n.), after ancient Greek ὁσαπλάσιος. Compare post-classical Latin quotuplus as many fold (1520 in a British source).
Obsolete. rare.
However many times; whatever multiple. Cf. totuple adj.
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1705 E. Scarburgh tr. Euclid in Eng. Euclide v. i. 201 I say, that Quotuple AB is of E, Totuple shall AB, CD together, be of E, F together [Gk. λέγω, ὄτι ὁσαπλάσιόν ἐστι τὸ ΑΒ τοῦ Ε, τοσαυταπλάσια ἔσται καὶ τὰ ΑΒ, ΓΔ τῶν Ε, Ζ].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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