quintuple

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quintuple - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple,
     L. quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple.]
     Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount;
     fivefold.
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     Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a
        measure. It is seldom used.
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  Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quintupled; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Quintupling.] [Cf. F. quintupler.]
     To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
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quintuple - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  quintuple
      adj 1: having five units or components [syn: quintuple,
             fivefold, five-fold]
      n 1: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn:
           quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple]
      v 1: increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"