quadruplern.
/kwɒˈdruːplə/, /kwəˈdruːplə/, U.S. /kwɑˈdruplər/, /kwəˈdruplər/, /kwɑˈdrəplər/, /kwəˈdrəplər/ A device that makes a voltage or current four times as great. Frequently attributive.
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quadrupler1938
1938 Physical Rev. 54 38/2 A three foot vertical accelerating tube to which were applied potentials generated by a Cockcroft and Walton type voltage quadrupler.
1947 L. B. Young in C. G. Montgomery Technique Microwave Measurem. vi. 368 The crystal-oscillator frequency is multiplied to 5 Mc/sec by means of a push-push quadrupler.
1964 Analyt. Chem. 36 12/2 The 6.3-volt winding..is connected to a voltage quadrupler circuit.
2006 IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory & Techniques 54 2887/1 The multipliers consist of a quadrupler stage followed by a high-pass filter, an interstage amplifier, and a doubler stage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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