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QUINTUPLE
quintuple, fivefold, five-fold
(adjective) having five units or components
quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple
(noun) a set of five similar things considered as a unit
quintuple
(verb) increase fivefold; “The population of China quintupled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
quintuple (not comparable)
having five parts or members
five times as much
(music) having five crotchets in a bar
Noun
quintuple (plural quintuples)
a fivefold amount
Verb
quintuple (third-person singular simple present quintuples, present participle quintupling, simple past and past participle quintupled) (ambitransitive)
to multiply something (or be multiplied) by five
Source: Wiktionary
Quin"tu*ple, a. Etym: [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L. quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple.]
Definition: Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used.
Quin"tu*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quintupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quintupling.] Etym: [Cf. F. quintupler.]
Definition: To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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