quintuplet

[ kwin-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, kwin-too-plit, -tyoo- ]
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noun
  1. any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.

  2. quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy.

  1. one of five such children or offspring.

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

Origin of quintuplet

1
First recorded in 1870–75; quintuple + -et

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quintuplet

/ (ˈkwɪntjʊplɪt, kwɪnˈtjuːplɪt) /


noun
  1. a group or set of five similar things

  2. one of five offspring born at one birth: Often shortened to: quin

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

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