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sextuple

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

Origin of sextuple

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

hexagonal, semestral, senary, sextuple

Examples from the Web for sextuple

Historical Examples of sextuple

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

  • 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)

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

  • Sextuple, in which there are six beats, the first and fourth being accented, the others not.

British Dictionary definitions for sextuple

sextuple

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
adj.

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

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