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Meaning of SEXTUPLE

Pronunciation:  seks'toopul

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  having six units or components
 

SEXTUPLE is a 8 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: multiple, sixfold
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sex"tu*ple\, a. [Formed (in imitation of quadruple)
fr. L. sextus sixth: cf. F. sextuple.]
1. Six times as much; sixfold.

2. (Mus.) Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple
   measure.

 

 

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