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sextuplication

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sex·tu·pli·cate   (sěk-stōō'plĭ-kĭt, -styōō'-, -stŭp'lĭ-)   
adj.  Six times as many or as much.
tr.v.   (-kāt') sex·tu·pli·cat·ed, sex·tu·pli·cat·ing, sex·tu·pli·cates
  1. To make six times as great; multiply by six.

  2. To make six copies of.

n.  
  1. One of six similar things.

  2. A set of six identical copies.


[sextu(ple) + (du)plicate.]
sex·tu'pli·cate·ly adv., sex·tu'pli·ca'tion n.
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