Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Six times as many or as much.
  • transitive verb To make six times as great; multiply by six.
  • transitive verb To make six copies of.
  • noun One of six similar things.
  • noun A set of six identical copies.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Six times the number, volume, length, et cetera (of something else).
  • adjective Comprising six identical parts.
  • noun A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
  • verb transitive To make six copies of.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[sextu(ple) + (du)plicate.]

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From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre ("to sextuple"), from sextuplus ("sixfold"), from sextus ("sixth") (from sex ("six")) + -plus ("-fold") (from plicare ("to fold")).

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