sextuple, sixfold, six-fold
(adjective) having six units or components
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sextuple (plural sextuples)
a sixfold amount
sextuple (not comparable)
Having six parts.
Being six times as great.
(music) Having six beats to the bar.
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
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
