SEXTUPLE

sextuple, sixfold, six-fold

(adjective) having six units or components

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sextuple (plural sextuples)

a sixfold amount

Adjective

sextuple (not comparable)

Having six parts.

Being six times as great.

(music) Having six beats to the bar.

Verb

sextuple (third-person singular simple present sextuples, present participle sextupling, simple past and past participle sextupled)

To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).

Source: Wiktionary


Sex"tu*ple, a. Etym: [Formed (in imitation of quadruple) fr. L. sextus sixth: cf. F. sextuple.]

1. Six times as much; sixfold.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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