Quadruples vs Quadrupoles - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between quadruples and quadrupoles

is that quadruples is while quadrupoles is .

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Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

To multiply by four.

Quadrupling four gives sixteen.

To increase by a factor of four.

Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements .

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