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Webster 1913 Edition
Sextuple
Sex′tu-ple
,Adj.
[Formed (in imitation of
quadruple
) fr. L. sextus
sixth: cf. F. sextuple
.] 1.
Six times as much; sixfold.
2.
(Mus.)
Divisible by six; having six beats;
as,
. sixtuple
measureWebster 1828 Edition
Sextuple
SEX'TUPLE
,Adj.
1. Sixfold; six times as much.
2. In music, denoting a mixed sort of triple, beaten in double time, or a measure of two times composed of six equal notes, three for each time.
Definition 2024
sextuple
sextuple
See also: sextuplé
English
| 60 | ||
| < 5 | 6 | 7 > |
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| Cardinal : six Ordinal : sixth Multiplier : sextuple | ||
Noun
sextuple (plural sextuples)
- a sixfold amount
Adjective
sextuple (not comparable)
Verb
sextuple (third-person singular simple present sextuples, present participle sextupling, simple past and past participle sextupled)
- To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many)
See also
| Coefficient | Noun | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | single | singlet |
| 2 | double | doublet twin |
| 3 | triple | triplet |
| 4 | quadruple | quadruplet |
| 5 | quintuple pentuple |
quintuplet pentuplet |
| 6 | sextuple hextuple |
sextuplet hextuplet |
| 7 | septuple heptuple |
septuplet heptuplet |
| 8 | octuple | octuplet |
| 9 | nonuple | nonuplet |
| 10 | decuple | decuplet |
| 11 | undecuple hendecuple |
undecuplet hendecuplet |
| 12 | duodecuple | duodecuplet |
| 13 | tredecuple | tredecuplet |
| 100 | centuple | centuplet |
| many | multiple | multiplet |