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Definition of: sextuple
(seks′t·pəl, -tyoo-, seks·t′-, -ty′-) 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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