different between septuplicate vs sextuplicate

English

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /s?p?t(j)u?pl?k?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /s?p?t(j)u?pl?ke?t/

Adjective

septuplicate (not comparable)

1. Seven times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else); septuple

Verb

septuplicate (third-person singular simple present septuplicates, present participle septuplicating, simple past and past participle septuplicated)

1. to multiply by seven; to septuple

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Etymology

From Latin sextuplic?tus, past participle form of sextuplic?re (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s?ks?tju?pl?k?t/ (adjective)
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s?ks?tju?pl?ke?t/ (verb)

Adjective

sextuplicate (not comparable)

1. Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).

   The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity.

2. Comprising six identical parts.

   Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon.

Noun

sextuplicate (plural sextuplicates)

1. A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
   • 1945: United States Twelfth Army, Report of Operations: Final After Action Report, PAGE UNKNOWN

     If the official receipt is not available, the appropriate CA officer will prepare a similar receipt in sextuplicate.

   • 1985: Erich Segal, The Class, p28 (Bantam Books, ?ISBN

     …signed (in quadruplicate for the Financial Office, quintuplicate for the Registrar, and, inexplicably, sextuplicate for the Health Department).

Verb

sextuplicate (third-person singular simple present sextuplicates, present participle sextuplicating, simple past and past participle sextuplicated)

1. (transitive) To make six copies of.

   Sextuplicate this document for me, please.

Derived terms

• sextuplicately
• sextuplication

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