Daily Almanac for
Dec 1, 2009
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips

Dictionary


quin•tu•ple



Pronunciation: (kwin-tOO'pul, -tyOO'-, -tup'ul, kwin'too-pul, -tyoo-), [key]
—adj., n., v., -pled, -pling.

—adj.
1. fivefold; consisting of five parts.
2. five times as great or as much.
3. Music.having five beats to a measure.

—n.
a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another.

—v.t., v.i.
to make or become five times as great.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

quintillionquintuplet
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark
See also:

 

Related Content