lɪt, -ˈtu noun
1.
any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.
2.
quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
3.
one of five such children or offspring.
4.
Music. a group of five notes of equal value performed in the time normally taken for four.
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| 1. | a group or set of five similar things |
| 2. | Often shortened to: quin one of five offspring born at one birth |
| 3. | music a group of five notes to be played in a time value of three, four, or some other value |
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quintuplet
1873, "set of five things" (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.), 1570, from M.Fr. quintuple, from L. quintus "fifth." In plural, "five children at one birth" it is recorded from 1889.
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quintuplet quin·tu·plet (kwĭn-tŭp'lĭt, -t&oomacr;'plĭt, -ty&oomacr;'-, kwĭn'tə-plĭt)
n.
One of five offspring born in a single birth.
A group or combination of five associated by common properties or behavior.
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