quadruplet

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: quad=ru=plet

CIDE DICTIONARY

quadruplet, n. [From Quadruple.].

•  A collection or combination of four of a kind.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  Four children born in the same labor.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A cycle for carrying four riders, so arranged that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quadruplet, n.
1 each of four children born at one birth.
2 a set of four things working together.
3 Mus. a group of four notes to be performed in the time of three.

Etymology

QUADRUPLE, after triplet

ROGET THESAURUS

quadruplet

Four

N quaternity, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square, quarter, tetract, tetragon, quadrangle, rectangle, tetrahedron, quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet, quatrefoil, tetrapod, quadrangle, quad, quadrupole, quadrivium, four, quaternary, quaternal, quadratic, quartile, tetract, tetractic, tetractinal, tetrad, tetragonal, square, quadrate.