Quintuple
[kwin-too-puh l, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uh l, kwin-too-puh l, -tyoo-] /kwɪnˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp əl, ˈkwɪn tʊ pəl, -tyʊ-/
adjective
1.
fivefold; consisting of five parts.
2.
five times as great or as much.
3.
Music. having five beats to a measure.
noun
4.
a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another.
verb (used with or without object), quintupled, quintupling.
5.
to make or become five times as great.
/ˈkwɪntjʊpəl; kwɪnˈtjuːpəl/
verb
1.
to multiply by five
adjective
2.
five times as much or as many; fivefold
3.
consisting of five parts
noun
4.
a quantity or number five times as great as another
adj.
1560s, from French quintuple (15c.), from Late Latin quintuplex, from Latin quintus “fifth” (related to quinque “five;” see quinque-) on model of quadruple. Related: Quintuplicate.
v.
1630s, from quintuple (adj.) or from French quintupler (v.). Related: Quintupled; quintupling.
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