sex|tu|ple

sex|tu|ple
sex|tu|ple «SEHKS tu puhl, -tyu-; sehks TOO-, -TYOO-», adjective, noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
–adj.
1. consisting of six parts; sixfold.
2. six times as great.
3. Music. characterized by six beats to the measure.
–n.
a number or amount six times as great as another.
–v.t., v.i.
to make or become six times as great.
[< Latin sextus sixth; patterned on quadruple]

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