sextuplex

American  

[seks-too-pleks, -tyoo-, seks-too-pleks, -tyoo-, -tuhp-leks] / ˈsɛks tʊˌplɛks, -tyʊ-, sɛksˈtu plɛks, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp lɛks /

adjective

1. sixfold; sextuple.

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Etymology

Origin of sextuplex

First recorded in 1850–55; sextu(ple) + -plex

Example Sentences

Here he continued, moreover, his earlier work on the quadruplex, sextuplex, multiplex, and automatic telegraphs, and did his notable pioneer work in wireless telegraphy.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

He was still busily engaged on the telephone, on acoustic electrical transmission, sextuplex telegraphs, duplex telegraphs, miscellaneous carbon articles, and other inventions of a minor nature.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

Amongst his numerous inventions are the quadruplex and sextuplex telegraph, the carbon telephone transmitter, the 'Edison system' of lighting, the electric fire-alarm, the 'Edison electric railway', the phonograph, and the megaphone.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various