sextuple

[ seks-too-puh l, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uh l, seks-too-puh l, -tyoo- ]

/ sɛksˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp əl, ˈsɛks tʊ pəl, -tyʊ- /

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adjective

consisting of six parts; sexpartite.

six times as great or as many.

Music. characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure: sextuple rhythm.

verb (used with or without object), sex·tu·pled, sex·tu·pling.

to make or become six times as great.

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Origin of sextuple

1620–30; < Latin sext(us) sixth + -uple, as in duple, quadruple

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Examples from the Web for sextuple

Sextuple, in which there are six beats, the first and fourth being accented, the others not.
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These sextuple legs supported a hundred feet above their bases a huge and globular body formed of clusters of the spheres.
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British Dictionary definitions for sextuple

sextuple

/ (ˈsɛkstjʊpəl) /

noun

a quantity or number six times as great as another

adjective

six times as much or many; sixfold

consisting of six parts or members

(of musical time or rhythm) having six beats per bar

Word Origin for sextuple

C17: Latin sextus sixth + -uple, as in quadruple

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Word Origin and History for sextuple

sextuple

adj.

"sixfold," 1620s, from Latin sextus "sixth" (from sex "six;" see six) + -plus "more" (see plus).