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sex•tu•ple



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

—adj.
1. consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
2. six times as great or as many.
3. Music.characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure: sextuple rhythm.

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

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

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