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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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