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Definition of Quintuplet
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
2. Noun. One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
3. Noun. A set of five similar things considered as a unit.
Definition of Quintuplet
1. n. A collection or combination of five of a kind.
Definition of Quintuplet
1. Noun. One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quintuplet
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Quintuplet
1. One of five children born at one birth. Origin: L. Quintuplex, fivefold (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quintuplet
Literary usage of Quintuplet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Musiclover's Handbook: Containing (1) a Pronouncing Dictionary of by John Herbert Clifford (1911)
"... Many writers call this (quintuplet) the turn of the trill, but properly speaking
the after-turn of the trill is only the last beat, ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"If the note is at all important, it should dissolve into a quintuplet rather than
a quadruplet whenever possible. The Mozart "Rondo" ("World's Best Music," ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"... then the turn is played thus: Written Played Written Played Sometimes a turn
after (or over) a short note dissolves that note into a quintuplet, ..."
4. The Influence of a Magnetic Field Upon the Spark Spectra of Iron and Titanium by Arthur Scott King (1912)
"TYPES OF SEPARATION. it being a quintuplet with three n- and two /»-components,
... The quintuplet appears least often of any of the less complex types. ..."
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