sexpartite

[ seks-pahr-tahyt ]

adjective

1. divided into or consisting of six parts.
2. Architecture. (of a vault) divided into six compartments by two ogives and three transverse arches, one of which crosses the ogives at the point at which they cross each other.

sexpartite

/ sɛksˈpɑːtaɪt /

adjective

1. (esp of vaults, arches, etc) divided into or composed of six parts
2. maintained by or involving six participants or groups of participants

Word History and Origins

Origin of sexpartite¹

First recorded in 1750–60; sex- + partite

Example Sentences

The Vaulting is generally simple, and acute, and usually of the quadripartite or sexpartite form.

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Sexpartite, seks′p�r-tīt, adj. divided into six parts.

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Sexpartite Vaulting.—Where each bay or compartment is divided by its main ribs into six portions.

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No. 4 represents one lay of a sexpartite Gothic vault.

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In Scott’s enumeration the vaults of octagons and irregular compartments, and such varieties as the one called sexpartite, find a place; here they have been intentionally excluded.

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