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The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
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quadruplet
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quadruplet \Quad"ru*plet\, n. [From Quadruple .] A collection or combination of four of a kind. pl. Four children born in the same labor. A cycle for carrying four riders, so arranged that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four , 4 , IV , tetrad , quatern , quaternion , quaternary , quaternity , quartet , foursome , Little Joe ] one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy [syn: quad ] a set ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One of a group of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth. 2 (context music English) A tuplet of four notes. 3 A sequence of four elements. 4 A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one of four children at a single birth," 1787; from quadruple (adj.) with ending from triplet . Related: Quadruplets . Musical sense is from 1873.
Usage examples of quadruplet.
The young Joplands shared mirrors with one pair and a trio of clones from other familiesthe first type tall, with frizzy hair, and the other broad of shoulder and hip, with breasts ample enough to feed quadruplets.
Their departure lightened the mood of the gathering, and a few minutes later the singers arrived, four sisters so alike they might have been quadruplets, and a brother who limped badly.
Unless his mother had quadruplets, he has Niven dislocators built into his shoes.
Slyne's quadruplets - it would have been impolite to inquire whether they were actually his own - looked like little bloated manta rays, pale and trailing almost useless tentacles, forever bumping into their master or each other and getting themselves tangled in their tethers.