تَضْعِيفٌ

1.
verbal noun of 2. (S &c.)
2.
تَضَاعِيفُ الشَّىْءِ means The doubles, or trebles, or multiples, of the thing; (مَا ضُعِّفَ مِنْهُ;) in this sense, تضاعيف has no singular, like تَبَاشِيرُ &c. (TA.)
3.
تَضَاعِيفُ الكِتَابِ: see ضِعْف, near the end.
4.
As explained by Lth, (O,) التَّضْعِيفُ signifies حُمْلَانُ الكِيمِيَاءِ [i. e. What is used as an alloy in chemistry or alchymy]. (O, K.)

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