quintupling
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Definition
Noun: 1. The act or process of increasing something fivefold: Quintupling refers to the action of making something five times as great or as numerous, or the state of being multiplied by five.
Usage
- Quintupling is a specific mathematical term describing a multiplication by five. It is often used in contexts discussing growth, increase, or scaling.
- It functions as a gerund (a verb form functioning as a noun) or a standard countable noun.
Examples
- The quintupling of the company's revenue in just two years was unprecedented.
- A quintupling of the initial investment would yield a significant return.
- The policy led to the quintupling of application numbers.
Advanced Usage
- "to undergo quintupling": to experience a fivefold increase.
- The city's population underwent quintupling over the century.
- Used in technical, financial, demographic, and scientific writing to describe precise multiplicative growth.
Variants and Related Words
- Quintuple (verb): To make or become five times as great.
- They aim to quintuple their production capacity.
- Quintuple (adjective): Consisting of five parts or being five times as much.
- a quintuple increase
- Quintuplet (noun): One of five children born from the same pregnancy.
Synonyms
- Fivefold increase
- Multiplication by five
Antonyms
- Reduction to one-fifth
- Division by five
Noun
- increasing by a factor of five