septuple

American  

[sep-too-puhl, -tyoo-, sep-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl] / ˈsɛp tʊ pəl, -tjʊ-, sɛpˈtu pəl, -ˈtju-, -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

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septuple septupling

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

For setting orchards a number of different systems may be used, but the two best adapted to the pecan orchard, are the square or rectangular and the hexagonal or septuple.

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)

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

“Meme” traders had a hand in the improbable three-year septupling of bitcoin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

In Philadelphia, where it opened last October, it drew 173,148 visitors in eight weeks, septupling the Academy's previous record.

From Time Magazine Archive