倍

Meaning

倍 centers on multiplication: making something double, twice as much, or several times larger. The idea of 'fold' extends naturally from that same sense of repeated increase.

• 倍ばい
  N4

  double; twice (as much)

• 倍率ばいりつ
  N1

  magnification; leverage; amplification; scaling factor; scale factor

• 倍増ばいぞう
  N1

  doubling; double

• 人一倍ひといちばい

  (much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

• 倍数ばいすう

  multiple

• 倍速ばいそく

  double speed (data transfer, video playback, etc.); 2X speed

• 倍音ばいおん

  (harmonic) overtone; harmonic; harmonic partial

• 倍額ばいがく

  double amount

• 倍々ばいばい

  doubling (repeatedly); multiplying

• 倍加ばいか

  doubling

• 一倍いちばい

  multiplying by one; original amount

• １００倍ひゃくばい

  hundredfold; hundred times as much

• ゲノム倍加ゲノムばいか

  genome doubling

• マーカ倍率マーカばいりつ

  marker size scale factor

• 一倍体いちばいたい

  monoploid; haploid (with a single set of unpaired chromosomes)

• 一粒万倍いちりゅうまんばい

  a single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves

• 三倍さんばい

  three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

• 三倍体さんばいたい

  triploid (organism, cell, etc.); triplont

• 三倍満さんばいマン

  win worth 24000 points (or, if dealer, 36000 points)

• 二倍にばい

  double; twice (as much); twofold

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