Definition of Octupling

1. octuple [v] - See also: octuple

Lexicographical Neighbors of Octupling

octrois
octulofuranoside
octulopyranoside
octulose
octulosonic acid
octulosonic acids
octuor
octuors
octuple
octupled
octuples
octuplet
octuplets
octuplex
octuplicate
octupling
octuply
octupolar
octupolarity
octupole
octupoles
octyl
octyl gallate
octyl glucoside
octylamine
octylamines
octylene
octylenes
octylglucoside
octylglucosides

Literary usage of Octupling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1841)
"... and an acclivity of 1 in 180 doubling, 1 in 90 quadrupling, and 1 in 4*5 octupling only the tractive force, without in any case requiring more than the ..."

2. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain Systematically Investigated by Andrew Ure (1836)
"... then to extend them into regular ribands, to elongate these ribands by many successive draughts, doubling, quadrupling, or even octupling them meanwhile ..."

3. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"... then to extend them into regular ribands, to elongate these ribands by many successive draughts, doubling, quadrupling, or even octupling them meanwhile ..."

4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1841)
"... 1 in 90 quadrupling, and 1 in 45 octupling only the tractive force, without in any case requiring more than the seventeen-horse power to turn the wheels ..."

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