fourfold

adj
/ˈfɔːfəʊld/UK/ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/US

Etymology

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

  1. inherited from fēowerfeald
  2. inherited from fourfold

Definitions

  1. Four times as great

    Four times as great; quadruple.

  2. Comprised of four individual members.

    • Most pupils have a fourfold object in studying a language; they wish to be able to read and write, to speak and to understand it.
  3. By a factor of four.

    • And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. To increase to four times as much

      To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.

    2. An algebraic variety of degree 4.

      • Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fourfold. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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