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quintuplet
[ kwin-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, kwin-too-plit, -tyoo- ]
noun
- any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.
- quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
- one of five such children or offspring.
- Music. a group of five notes of equal value performed in the time normally taken for four.
quintuplet
/ kwɪnˈtjuːplɪt; ˈkwɪntjʊplɪt /
noun
- a group or set of five similar things
- one of five offspring born at one birth Often shortened toquin
- music a group of five notes to be played in a time value of three, four, or some other value
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Pairs coalesce into triads, quintuplets, and suddenly the entire forest is pulsating with a common, glittering beat.
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Quintole, quintuplet—a group of five notes to be performed in the time ordinarily given to four notes of the same value.
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