Quadruple
81quadruple time — Music. 1. a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third. 2. the rhythm created by use of this measure. [1895 1900] * * * …
82quadruple-click — 1. noun The action of pushing the button on a mouse four times in quick succession. 2. verb To push the button on a mouse four times in quick succession …
83quadruple thread — noun a screw or worm gear having four equal threads and can thus be started in four places …
84quadruple witching — noun Simultaneous expiry on US markets of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures, which takes place on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. (Prior to single stock futures those days… …
85quadruple scull — noun a) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, in which a four rowers each have two oars b) A race in which such craft participate …
86Quadruple folder — Четырёхтетрадная фальцмашина, фальцмашина для получения четырёх шестнадцатистраничных или двух тридцатидвухстраничных тетрадей …
87Quadruple press — Печатная машина с четырьмя печатными аппаратами, печатная машина с двумя секциями для двусторонней печати …
88quadruple rhythm — the gallop rhythm cadence produced when all four heart sounds, S1 to S4, recur in successive cardiac cycles. Cf. triple r. and summation gallop …
89QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE — an alliance formed in 1719 between England, France, Austria, and Holland to secure the thrones of France and England to the reigning families, and to defeat the schemes of Alberoni to the aggrandisement of Spain …
90Quadruple whammie — whammy which is more forceful than a double whammy since it contains more than two negative elements …
