quintuple

[kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-]

quin·tu·ple

[kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-] adjective, noun, verb, quin·tu·pled, quin·tu·pling.
adjective
1.
fivefold; consisting of five parts.
2.
five times as great or as much.
3.
Music. having five beats to a measure.
noun
4.
a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another.

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Quintuple is always a great word to know.
So is minor. Does it mean:
interval smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding major interval
major interval, chord, scale
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
5.
to make or become five times as great.

Origin:
1560–70; < Middle French < Neo-Latin or Medieval Latin quīntuplus, derivative of quīntus fifth (see quint1), on the model of duplus duple, quadruplus quadruple
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quintuple (ˈkwɪntjʊpəl, kwɪnˈtjuːpəl)
 
vb
1.  to multiply by five
 
adj
2.  five times as much or as many; fivefold
3.  consisting of five parts
 
n
4.  a quantity or number five times as great as another
 
[C16: from French, from Latin quintus, on the model of quadruple]

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