sextuple

[seks-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, seks-too-puhl, -tyoo-]

adjective

1. consisting of six parts; sexpartite.

2. six times as great or as many.

3. Music.,  characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure.

   sextuple rhythm.

verb (used with or without object)

sextupled, sextupling 

1. to make or become six times as great.

sextuple

/ ˈsɛkstjʊpəl /

noun

1. a quantity or number six times as great as another

adjective

1. six times as much or many; sixfold

2. consisting of six parts or members

3. (of musical time or rhythm) having six beats per bar

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextuple¹

1620–30; < Latin sext ( us ) sixth + -uple, as in duple, quadruple

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextuple¹

C17: Latin sextus sixth + -uple, as in _quadruple