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sextuple
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adjective, verb,
sex·tu·pled,
sex·tu·pling.
adjective
1.
consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
2.
six times as great or as many.
3.
Music
.
characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure:
sextuple rhythm.
verb (used with object),
verb
(used without object)
4.
to make or become six times as great.
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Sextuple
is always a great word to know.
So is
half note
. Does it mean:
So is
dotted quarter rest
. Does it mean:
So is
dominant seventh
. Does it mean:
quarter rest that is lengthened by a dot
note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note
quarter rest that is lengthened by a dot
rest equivalent in duration to a whole note
contains a dominant chord, major third, perfect fifth and a minor seventh
note having one eighth of the time value of a whole note
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Origin:
1620–30;
<
Latin
sext
(
us
)
sixth
+
-uple,
as in
duple
,
quadruple
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sextuple
(ˈsɛkstjʊp
ə
l)
—
n
1.
a quantity or number six times as great as another
—
adj
2.
six times as much or many; sixfold
3.
consisting of six parts or members
4.
(of musical time or rhythm) having six beats per bar
[C17: Latin
sextus
sixth +
-uple,
as in
quadruple
]
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