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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEX'TUPLE, a. [Low L. sextuplus; sex, six, and duplus, double.]
1. Sixfold; six times as much.
2. In music, denoting a mixed sort of triple, beaten in double time, or a measure of two times composed of six equal notes, three for each time.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having six units or components [syn: sextuple, sixfold, six-fold]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: probably from Medieval Latin sextuplus, from Latin sextus sixth + -plus multiplied by; akin to Latin -plex -plex — more at -fold Date: 1626 1. having six units or members 2. being six times as great or as many 3. marked by six beats per measure of music <sextuple time> • sextuple noun II. verb (sextupled; sextupling) Date: 1632 transitive verb to make six times as much or as many intransitive verb to become six times as much or as numerous

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 sixfold. 2 having six parts. 3 being six times as many or much. --n. a sixfold number or amount. --v.tr. & intr. multiply by six; increase sixfold. Derivatives: sextuply adv. Etymology: med.L sextuplus, irreg. f. L sex six, after LL quintuplus QUINTUPLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sextuple 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Sixfold.