(n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
(n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Example Sentences:
(1) These included bringing in the A* grade, reducing the number of modules from six to four, and a greater attempt to assess the whole course at the end.
(2) Low birth weight, short stature, and mental retardation were common features in the four known patients with r(8).
(3) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(4) However, four of ten young adult outer arm (relatively sun-exposed) and one of ten young adult inner arm (relatively sun-protected) fibroblasts lines increased their saturation density in response to retinoic acid.
(5) A 61-year-old man experienced four bouts of pancreatitis in 1 year.
(6) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
(7) In each study, all subjects underwent four replications (over two days) of one of the six permutations of the three experimental conditions; each condition lasted 5 min.
(8) Four cytotoxic antibiotics, bikaverin, duclauxine, PSX-1 and vermiculine, were examined with respect to their interference with glycolysis and respiration and their possible ionophoric or cytolytic activity.
(9) The invaginations were classified into four easily recognized types: regular, chunky, filigree, and ridge (present only in axon hillock regions).
(10) During the study period four family outbreaks and seven recurrences of infection were observed.
(11) These four antigens consisted of S of MNSs blood group, Lua of Lutheran blood group, and K and Kpa of Kell-Cellano blood group.
(12) Binding data for both ligands to the enzyme yielded nonlinear Scatchard plots that analyze in terms of four negatively cooperative binding sites per enzyme tetramer.
(13) Even so, amputation of fifteen extremities and four other major excisions were required in twelve patients.
(14) Four of the 39 ticks in our colony were infected with a spirochete; presumably, Borrelia crocidurae.
(15) Four other independent LCMV-GP2(275-289) specific H-2Db-restricted CTL clones also expressed V alpha 4 and V beta 10 gene elements.
(16) The hospital whose A&E unit has been threatened with closure on safety grounds has admitted that four patients died after errors by staff in the emergency department and other areas.
(17) Maximal covalent binding of [4,5-14C]ronidazole to DNA also required four-electron reduction, consistent with previous studies of the covalent binding of this agent to immobilized sulfhydryl groups [Kedderis et al.
(18) We investigated whether these peptides also affect the sleep EEG in humans when given intravenously by comparing polysomnographically the effects of four boluses of (1) placebo, (2) 50 micrograms GHRH or (3) 50 micrograms SRIF administered at 22.00, 23.00, 24.00 and 1.00 h to 7 male controls.
(19) Since the start of this week, markets have been more cautious, with bond yields in Spain reaching their highest levels in four months on Tuesday amid concern about the scale of the austerity measures being imposed by the government and fears that the country might need a bailout.
(20) In 14 of the patients the imaging results were checked against the histological findings of a subsequent thymectomy, which revealed four thymomas and (with the exception of one normal thymus) hyperplastic changes in all the others.
Quadruple
Definition:
(a.) Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
(n.) four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
(v. t.) To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
(v. i.) To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three effector: target ratios (6.2:1, 25:1, and 50:1) were studied in quadruplicate using 3, 4 and 5-h incubations.
(2) The largest increases in brain weights in both sexes occurred during the first 3 years of life, when the value quadruples over that at birth, while during the subsequent 15 years the brain weight barely quintuples over that at birth.
(3) They then decreased very slowly, according to a half-life of 122 h. Although it decreases glomerular filtration, ligation of ureters 20 h before the injection quadrupled the concentration in the cortex.
(4) Official estimates suggest the number of small packages shipped into Europe more than quadrupled from 26m in 2000 to 115m two years ago.
(5) The kinetics of intravenously administered FK506 was not changed from control status two weeks after bile duct ligation, but the bioavailability of orally administered FK506 was nearly quadrupled.
(6) There is a clear benefit of quadruple drug induction treatment for retransplants and sensitized transplant candidates.
(7) This patient achieved a complete remission with cyclic quadruple chemotherapy consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone (COPP).
(8) Null yuh1 ubp1 ubp2 ubp3 quadruple mutants are viable and retain the ability to deubiquitinate ubiquitin fusions, indicating the presence of at least one more ubiquitin-specific processing protease in S. cerevisiae.
(9) Guinea pig alveolar macrophages were infected in quadruplicate with log10 3.8 CFU of F889 cells grown at either 25 or 41 degrees C. Counts of F889 in the alveolar macrophages infected with 25 degrees C-grown bacteria were 40% greater after 1 day of incubation (P = 2 X 10(-4)) than were counts in the alveolar macrophage suspensions inoculated with 41 degrees C-grown bacteria.
(10) Shares acquired through privatisations rose steadily on the stock markets, while the buyers of council houses found that their assets tripled or quadrupled in value in the space of five years.
(11) An inductively coupled, quadruple-tuned surface coil with a 50-ohm match at all relevant frequencies was used for both excitation and receiving.
(12) Although both stores carried the same brands and varieties of produce, all 19 cases occurred among employees of one store, which had held a celery sale coincident with the outbreak, resulting in a quadrupling of the usual volume of celery sold.
(13) during the period of one year, that triple and quadruple resistance is the most prevalent one in staphylococci - not regarded, however, the penicillin resistance which is absolutely predominant.
(14) Sequence differences in the internally quadruplicated molecules, analysed in terms of their beta-sheets, hairpins and arches, give rise to structural differences in the motifs.
(15) Furthermore, a high percentage of multiple (quadruple or more) pancreatica magna and caudae pancreatis arteries has been observed and a functional role of this peculiar arrangement is suggested.
(16) BEATING THE CHEATING Owen Gibson’s five-point plan for reform 1 Hugely increase global funding Triple it, quadruple it.
(17) Surgery consisted in quadruple coronary bypass in 1 case, triple coronary bypass in 3 cases and double coronary bypass in 6 cases using 4 autologous saphenous vein grafts, 6 autologous internal mammary artery grafts and 13 bovine internal mammary artery grafts.
(18) The price of the specially formulated milk he requires has quadrupled since last year, so his parents have had to rent out their own home and move into a much smaller, rundown one just to feed their child.
(19) The High Pay Commission revealed earlier this week that while average pay has quadrupled since 1980s, top executives have seen their remuneration rise by 4,000%.
(20) Fourteen patients (56%) had double, triple or quadruple cancers.