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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
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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 |