Definition of Sextuple

1. Adjective. Having six units or components.

Exact synonyms: Six-fold, Sixfold
Similar to: Multiple

Definition of Sextuple

1. a. Six times as much; sixfold.

Definition of Sextuple

1. Noun. a sixfold amount ¹

2. Adjective. Having six parts ¹

3. Adjective. Being six times as great ¹

4. Adjective. (music) Having six beats to the bar ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sextuple

1. to make six times as great [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES]

Literary usage of Sextuple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"The sextuple Alliance, consisting of Odes and other Poem* on the Exile and An Essay on Baptism; being an In- Circle of Friend«. ..."

2. Astronomy for Amateurs by Camille Flammarion, Frances Alice Welby (1904)
"the Belt; this star forms a dazzling sextuple system, in the very heart of the nebula ... sextuple star 6 in the Nebula of Orion. There are no fixed stars. ..."

3. Machine Design by William Ledyard Cathcart (1903)
"sextuple BUTT-JOINT SEAMS WITH WELDED ENDS. (BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. ) Material. Steel. r 3" 1 4" ir It Ii Ii 3i 3i 3f 4 4 4i 1f5* 9* 14 14 17i 18 87 86.5 ..."

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