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Definition of Sextuple
1. Adjective. Having six units or components.
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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