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quintuple
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quintuple has 1 sense
- quintuple(n = noun.group) quintet, quintette, quintuplet - a set of five similar things considered as a unit; Array is a kind of set
Verb quintuple has 1 sense
- quintuple(v = verb.change) Array - increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled" is one way to manifold, multiply
Derived form noun quintupling1
Sample sentences:
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Adjective quintuple has 1 sense
- quintuple(s = adj.all) five-fold, fivefold - having five units or components; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
quintuple, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L. quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple.].
Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. [1913 Webster]
quintuple, v. t. [Cf. F. quintupler.].
To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quintuple, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 fivefold; consisting of five parts.
2 involving five parties.
3 (of time in music) having five beats in a bar.
--n. a fivefold number or amount.
--v.tr. & intr. multiply by five; increase fivefold.
--adj.
1 fivefold; consisting of five parts.
2 involving five parties.
3 (of time in music) having five beats in a bar.
--n. a fivefold number or amount.
--v.tr. & intr. multiply by five; increase fivefold.
Derivative
quintuply adv.
Etymology
F quintuple f. L quintus fifth, after QUADRUPLE
ROGET THESAURUS
quintuple
Five
N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.
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