sextuple

sextuple
1. noun
a sixfold amount
a) Having six parts
b) Being six times as great

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  • sextuple — [ sɛkstypl ] adj. et n. m. • 1450; bas lat. sextuplus ♦ Qui est répété six fois, qui vaut six fois (la quantité désignée). N. m. Douze est le sextuple de deux. ♢ Formé de six choses semblables. « Ses mamelles sont sextuples, à la façon égyptienne …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sextuple — Sex tu*ple, a. [Formed (in imitation of quadruple) fr. L. sextus sixth: cf. F. sextuple.] 1. Six times as much; sixfold. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sextuplé — sextuplé, ée (sèk stu plé, plée) part. passé de sextupler …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • sextuple — ► ADJECTIVE 1) consisting of six parts or elements. 2) six times as much or as many. ORIGIN Latin sextuplus, from sex six …   English terms dictionary

  • sextuple — [seks to͞o′pəl, seks′tə pəl] adj. [< L sextus, SIXTH, after QUADRUPLE] 1. consisting of or including six 2. six times as much or as many; sixfold 3. Music having six beats to a measure n. an amount six times as much or as many vt., vi …   English World dictionary

  • sextuple — (sèk stu pl ) adj. 1°   Qui vaut six fois autant. Douze est sextuple de deux. 2°   S. m. Nombre sextuple. Le sextuple de deux est douze. HISTORIQUE    XVIe s. •   Ilz seront le sextuple du second, EST. DE LA ROCHE Arismetique, f° 63. ÉTYMOLOGIE… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • sextuple — I. adjective Etymology: probably from Medieval Latin sextuplus, from Latin sextus sixth + plus multiplied by; akin to Latin plex plex more at fold Date: 1626 1. having six units or members 2. being six times as great or as many 3. marked by six… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • SEXTUPLE — adj. des deux genres Qui vaut six fois autant. Douze est sextuple de deux.   Il s emploie aussi comme substantif masculin. Le sextuple de deux est douze …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • SEXTUPLE — adj. des deux genres Qui vaut six fois une quantité donnée. Douze est sextuple de deux. Il s’emploie aussi comme nom masculin. Le sextuple de deux est douze …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • sextuple — /seks tooh peuhl, tyooh , tup euhl, seks too peuhl, tyoo /, adj., v., sextupled, sextupling. adj. 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… …   Universalium

  • sextuple — sex•tu•ple [[t]sɛksˈtu pəl, ˈtyu , ˈtʌp əl, ˈsɛks tʊ pəl, tyʊ [/t]] adj. v. pled, pling 1) consisting of six parts 2) six times as great or as many 3) mad mus characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure: sextuple rhythm[/ex] 4) to make or …   From formal English to slang

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