SEXTUPLING

Verb

sextupling

present participle of sextuple

Source: Wiktionary


SEXTUPLE

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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