Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To multiply or be multiplied by six.
- adjective Consisting of six parts or members.
- adjective Six times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
- adjective Music Having six beats to the measure.
- noun A sixfold amount or number.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To multiply by six.
- Sixfold; six times as much.
- noun Same as
sextuple press .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Six times as much; sixfold.
- adjective (Mus.) Divisible by six; having six beats.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
sixfold amount - adjective Having
six parts - adjective Being six times as great
- adjective music Having six
beats to thebar - verb To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having six units or components
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Prior to 2008/2009 season, the sextuple was a concept that existed only on
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Prior to 2008/2009 season, the sextuple was a concept that existed only on
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Our incidents were all double or sextuple attended in body armour.
It’s A Car Tyre – I Can Manage – Go Away! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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When he stepped on to the 18th tee he held an eight-shot advantage over Day, knowing that anything less than a sextuple bogey 10 would be enough to win.
US Open 2011: Remarkable Rory McIlroy wins by eight shots 2011
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When he stepped on to the 18th tee he held an eight-shot advantage over Day, knowing that anything less than a sextuple bogey 10 would be enough to win.
US Open 2011: Remarkable Rory McIlroy wins by eight shots 2011
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In the emergency room at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., doctors determined he needed an immediate, nine-hour sextuple coronary bypass surgery to install artery-opening stents.
Rowing to the Heart's Content Claire Martin 2011
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Führer: Are these sextuple barrels or normal barrels?
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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But nothing, and I mean nothing compares to the kind of pay raises that bureaucrats and politicians bestow on themselves. 2-3% inflationary increases are small potatoes for the “civil servants” toiling away on their meagre sextuple salaries.
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But nothing, and I mean nothing compares to the kind of pay raises that bureaucrats and politicians bestow on themselves. 2-3% inflationary increases are small potatoes for the “civil servants” toiling away on their meagre sextuple salaries.
The Gluttony Of The Bureaucrat « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Führer: Are these sextuple barrels or normal barrels?
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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