sex·tu·ple
[seks-too-puh
l, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, seks-too-puhl, -tyoo-] 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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| —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 | |
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