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Definition of: sextuple

(sekstoobreve·pəl, -tyoo-, seks·toomacr-, -tyoomacr-) adjective
1. Sixfold.
2. Multiplied by six; six times repeated.
3. Music Having six beats to the measure.
v.t. ·pled, ·pling
To make sextuple; multiply by six.
noun A number or sum six times as great as another.
[<L sextus sixth <sex six, formed on analogy with quadruple, quintuple, etc.]

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