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sexpartite

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sex⋅par⋅tite

  [seks-pahr-tahyt]
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–adjective
1. divided into or consisting of six parts.
2. Architecture. (of a vault) divided into six compartments by two ogives and three transverse arches, one of which crosses the ogives at the point at which they cross each other.

Origin:
1750–60; sex- + partite
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sex·par·tite   (sěks-pär'tīt')   
adj.  Composed of or divided into six parts, as a groined vault.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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