sexpartite

American  

[seks-pahr-tahyt] / sɛksˈpɑr taɪt /

adjective

1. divided into or consisting of six parts.

2. Architecture.  (of a vault) divided into six compartments by two ogives and three transverse arches, one of which crosses the ogives at the point at which they cross each other.

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sexpartite British  

/ sɛksˈpɑːtaɪt /

adjective

1. (esp of vaults, arches, etc) divided into or composed of six parts

2. maintained by or involving six participants or groups of participants

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Etymology

Origin of sexpartite

First recorded in 1750–60; sex- + partite

Example Sentences

The Vaulting is generally simple, and acute, and usually of the quadripartite or sexpartite form.

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Sexpartite, seks′p�r-tīt, adj. divided into six parts.

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Sexpartite Vaulting.—Where each bay or compartment is divided by its main ribs into six portions.

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No. 4 represents one lay of a sexpartite Gothic vault.

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In Scott’s enumeration the vaults of octagons and irregular compartments, and such varieties as the one called sexpartite, find a place; here they have been intentionally excluded.

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