DEFINITIONS

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.

Words related to sextuple

hexagonal, semestral, senary

Words nearby sextuple

sextillion, sexting, sexto, sextodecimo, sexton, sextuple, sextuplet, sextuplex, sextuplicate, sexual, sexual abuse

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.

    Music Notation and Terminology|Karl W. Gehrkens

  • The sextuple point is the point of intersection of the curves of six univariant systems, viz.

    The Phase Rule and Its Applications|Alexander Findlay

  • These sextuple legs supported a hundred feet above their bases a huge and globular body formed of clusters of the spheres.

    The Metal Monster|A. Merritt

  • I did not know before, that a half-mile of sextuple railway-tracks could be made such an adornment.

    A Tramp Abroad, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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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