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sextuple

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sex⋅tu⋅ple

  [seks-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, seks-too-puhl, -tyoo-] adjective, verb, -pled, -pling.
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–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.
Origin:
1620–30; < L sext(us) sixth + -uple, as in duple, quadruple
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sex·tu·ple   (sěk-stōō'pəl, -styōō'-, -stŭp'əl, sěk'stŭp'əl)   
tr. & intr.v.   sex·tu·pled, sex·tu·pling, sex·tu·ples
To multiply or be multiplied by six.
adj.  

  1. Consisting of six parts or members.

  2. Six times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.

  3. Music Having six beats to the measure.

n.  A sixfold amount or number.

[Medieval Latin sextuplus, sixfold : Latin sextus, sixth; see sextile + -plus, -fold; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
sex·tu'ply adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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