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quadruplet

 
Dictionary: quad·ru·plet   (kwŏ-drŭp'lĭt, -drū'plĭt, kwŏd'rə-plĭt) pronunciation

n.
  1. One of four offspring born in a single birth.
  2. A group or combination of four associated by common properties or behavior.
  3. Music. A group of four notes having the time value of three notes of the same kind.

[From QUADRUPLE (modeled on TRIPLET).]


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Music Encyclopedia: Quadruplet
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A group of four equal notes to be performed in the time of three in a time signature where the regular units are divisible by three.



Veterinary Dictionary: quadruplet
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One of four offspring produced at one birth. Said of species that normally have single births.

Translations: Quadruplet
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - firling

Nederlands (Dutch)
vierling, combinatie van vier verwante dingen

Français (French)
n. - quadruplé

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vierling

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τετράδυμο

Italiano (Italian)
quattro gemelli, uno di quattro gemelli

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quarteto (m), bicicleta para quatro pessoas (f)

Русский (Russian)
четверня, четверо близнецов

Español (Spanish)
n. - cuadrupleto, juego o conjunto de cuatro, cuatrillizo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fyrling

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
四组, 四胞胎中之一, 四套

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 四組, 四胞胎中之一, 四套

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 네 개 한조, 네 쌍둥이 중 하나, 4인승 자전거

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 四つ子の一人, 四つ組

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رباعي في الموسيقى, أحد التوائم الأربعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מערכת של 4 דברים, רביעייה שנולדה יחד, כל אחד מארבעה שנולדו יחד‬


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