sextuple

[ seks-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, seks-too-puhl, -tyoo- ]

adjective

1. consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
2. six times as great or as many.
3. Music. characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure:

   sextuple rhythm.

verb (used with or without object)

, sex·tu·pled, sex·tu·pling.

1. to make or become six times as great.

sextuple

/ ˈsɛkstjʊpəl /

noun

1. a quantity or number six times as great as another

adjective

1. six times as much or many; sixfold
2. consisting of six parts or members
3. (of musical time or rhythm) having six beats per bar

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextuple¹

1620–30; < Latin sext ( us ) sixth + -uple, as in duple, quadruple

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextuple¹

C17: Latin sextus sixth + -uple, as in quadruple

Example Sentences

Since then he’s been kept alive by internal devices, stents, angioplasty surgery, a sextuple bypass surgery and multiple ablation procedures.

From Seattle Times

The project was delayed again when, taking his doctors’ advice, he underwent sextuple heart bypass surgery in 1995.

From New York Times

“We expect to find more quadruple systems, and why not quintuple or sextuple.”

From New York Times

Their efforts confirmed that TIC 168789840 was a sextuple system and helped clarify its stars’ characteristics, orbital dimensions and paths.

From New York Times

His sextuple bogey is the worst score on the first hole at the Masters, beating the old mark by two strokes.

From Washington Times