quintuplet

[kwin-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, kwin-too-plit, -tyoo-]

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noun

any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.

quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy.

one of five such children or offspring.

Music. a group of five notes of equal value performed in the time normally taken for four.

Origin of quintuplet

First recorded in 1870–75; quintuple + -et

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Related Words for quintuplet

cinquefoil, pentangle, pentagram, quintuple, lustrum, cinque, quinquennium, pentacle, pentagon, limerick, pentad, quincunx, quinquennial, quintuplicate

Examples from the Web for quintuplet

Historical Examples of quintuplet

Quintole, quintuplet—a group of five notes to be performed in the time ordinarily given to four notes of the same value.
Music Notation and Terminology
Karl W. Gehrkens

British Dictionary definitions for quintuplet

quintuplet

noun

a group or set of five similar things

one of five offspring born at one birthOften shortened to: quin

music a group of five notes to be played in a time value of three, four, or some other value

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Word Origin and History for quintuplet

1873, "set of five things" (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.) with ending from triplet. In plural, "five children at one birth" it is recorded from 1889.

quintuplet in Medicine

quintuplet

[kwĭn-tŭp′lĭt, -tōō′plĭt, kwĭn′tə-plĭt]

n.

One of five offspring born in a single birth.