different between triplicate vs sextuplicate

English

Etymology

Early 15th century. From Latin triplicatus, form of triplic?re (“to triple”), from tri- (“three”) + plic?re (“to fold”).

Surface form tri- (“three”) +? plicate (“fold”), analogous with duplicate.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?t??p.l?.k?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?t??p.l?.ke?t/

Adjective

triplicate (not comparable)

1. Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:threefold

Noun

triplicate (countable and uncountable, plural triplicates)

1. (uncountable) The making of three identical copies of something.
2. (countable) Each of a set of three identical objects or copies. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Verb

triplicate (third-person singular simple present triplicates, present participle triplicating, simple past and past participle triplicated)

1. (transitive) To make three identical copies of something.
2. (transitive) To triple.

Coordinate terms

• sesquiplicate – one and a half times
• duplicate – two times

Translations

References

Italian

Verb

triplicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of triplicare
2. second-person plural imperative of triplicare
3. feminine plural of triplicato

Latin

Verb

triplic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of triplic?

English

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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