septuple

American  

[sep-too-puhl, -tyoo-, sep-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl] / ˈsɛp tʊ pəl, -tyʊ-, sɛpˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp əl /

adjective

1. sevenfold; consisting of seven parts.

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verb (used with object)

septupled, septupling

1. to make seven times as great.

septuple British  

/ ˈsɛptjʊpəl /

adjective

1. seven times as much or many; sevenfold

2. consisting of seven parts or members

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verb

1. (tr) to multiply by seven

Etymology

Origin of septuple

1605–15; < Late Latin septuplus, derivative of Latin septem seven, on the model of duplus duple, quadruplus quadruple

Example Sentences

The 156-player field produced just over 900 scores of bogey or worse — in Korda’s case, a septuple bogey.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

Rienks and colleagues also observed a tendency of doped bismuth telluride to form septuple layers, similar to those in crystalline manganese bismuth telluride, but separated by standard, quintuple layers of bismuth telluride.

From Nature • Dec. 17, 2019

Multiplicative; Single or alone, double or twofold, triple or threefold, quadruple or fourfold, quintuple or fivefold, sextuple or sixfold, septuple or sevenfold, octuple or eightfold, &c.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

The name septuple, sometimes applied to this system, refers to the fact that the number of trees in each group-unit is seven.

From The Pecan and its Culture by Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)

Equilateral triangle system refers to the planting of the trees in equilateral triangles, but is identical with the hexagonal or septuple.

From The Pecan and its Culture by Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)