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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
