| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sextuple |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sex·tu·ple |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s k-st  p l, -sty-, -st pl, skstp l |
| TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: sex·tu·pled, sex·tu·pling, sex·tu·ples
To multiply or be multiplied by six. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Consisting of six parts or members. 2. Six times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. 3. Music Having six beats to the measure. | | NOUN: | A sixfold amount or number. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin sextuplus, sixfold : Latin sextus, sixth; see sextile + -plus, -fold; see pel-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | sex·tuply —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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