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sextuple
English
Etymology
Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.
Noun
sextuple (plural sextuples)
- a sixfold amount
Adjective
sextuple (not comparable)
- Having six parts.
- Being six times as great.
- (music) Having six beats to the bar.
Verb
sextuple (third-person singular simple present sextuples, present participle sextupling, simple past and past participle sextupled)
- To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?k.stypl/
Adjective
sextuple (plural sextuples)
- sextuple
- (music) two hundred fifty-sixth note
Verb
sextuple
- inflection of sextupler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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sextuplet
English
Noun
sextuplet (plural sextuplets)
- A group of six objects.
- One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.
- (music) A group of six notes played in the time of four.
- (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.
- (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.
- (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.
Usage notes
Some authorities (for instance, Hugo Riemann, Theodore Bacon and Franklin Taylor) consider the double triplet to be a "false sextuplet", others (for instance, Evangelos Sembos, John Stainer and William Alexander Barrett) define the sextuplet solely as the double triplet, and still others (such as Antoine Damour, Aimable Burnett, and Élie Elwart) do not differentiate between the two.
Synonyms
- (six notes played in the time of four): sextolet
Coordinate terms
- (one of six born together): twin
Translations
See also
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