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

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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

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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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