septuplet

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

noun

any group or combination of seven.

one of seven offspring born at one birth.

septuplets, seven offspring born at one birth.

Music. a group of seven notes of equal value performed in the same amount of time normally taken to perform four or six.

Origin of septuplet

First recorded in 1890–95; septuple + -et

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British Dictionary definitions for septuplet

septuplet

noun

music a group of seven notes played in a time value of six, eight, etc

one of seven offspring produced at one birth

a group of seven things

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