sextuple

Definitions


[ˈsɛkstjʊpl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- consisting of six parts or things


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from medieval Latin sextuplus, from Latin sextus ‘sixth’, on the pattern of Latin duplus ‘double’


[ˈsɛkstjʊpl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sixfold number or amount


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from medieval Latin sextuplus, from Latin sextus ‘sixth’, on the pattern of Latin duplus ‘double’


[ˈsɛkstjʊpl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- multiply by six; increase sixfold


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from medieval Latin sextuplus, from Latin sextus ‘sixth’, on the pattern of Latin duplus ‘double’




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